State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs Kentucky
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In Kentucky, $117,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.1% — not 15.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.2%
Alabama vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+17.1%
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
Kentucky
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $117,170
- p25
- $106,000
- p75
- $136,450
- p10
- $89,040
- p90
- $161,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- 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.