State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs Idaho
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In Idaho, $106,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36% — not 26.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.5%
Alabama vs Idaho
COL-adjusted gap
+36%
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
Idaho
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $106,740
- p25
- $97,150
- p75
- $168,680
- p10
- $97,150
- p90
- $174,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -76%
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.