State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs Iowa
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In Iowa, $117,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.5% — not 14.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+14.8%
Alabama vs Iowa
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
Iowa
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $117,590
- p25
- $92,050
- p75
- $124,120
- p10
- $78,610
- p90
- $134,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -83%
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.