State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs Indiana
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In Indiana, $113,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.4% — not 19.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.3%
Alabama vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+25.4%
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
Indiana
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $113,160
- p25
- $103,600
- p75
- $119,030
- p10
- $89,990
- p90
- $135,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -73%
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.