State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs Kansas
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In Kansas, $102,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.3% — not 32.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.4%
Alabama vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+34.3%
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
Kansas
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $102,020
- p25
- $88,670
- p75
- $126,480
- p10
- $73,730
- p90
- $161,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.