State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs Louisiana
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In Louisiana, $134,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.5% — not 0.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+0.2%
Alabama vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
-0.5%
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
Louisiana
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $134,800
- p25
- $105,860
- p75
- $164,800
- p10
- $75,500
- p90
- $177,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.