State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs Delaware
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In Delaware, $133,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.5% — not 1%.
Nominal pay gap
+1%
Alabama vs Delaware
COL-adjusted gap
+13.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $135,030
- p25
- $96,820
- p75
- $141,840
- p10
- $77,750
- p90
- $164,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Delaware
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $133,670
- p25
- $106,000
- p75
- $158,670
- p10
- $86,810
- p90
- $176,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.