State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs Georgia
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In Georgia, $103,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41% — not 30%.
Nominal pay gap
+30%
Alabama vs Georgia
COL-adjusted gap
+41%
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
Georgia
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $103,880
- p25
- $80,180
- p75
- $132,980
- p10
- $66,030
- p90
- $164,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -22%
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.