State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs Florida
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In Florida, $109,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.2% — not 23.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.9%
Alabama vs Florida
COL-adjusted gap
+44.2%
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
Florida
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $109,000
- p25
- $83,720
- p75
- $126,250
- p10
- $73,180
- p90
- $160,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -46%
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.