State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs Maryland
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In Maryland, $127,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.5% — not 6.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.2%
Alabama vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+25.5%
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
Maryland
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $127,190
- p25
- $96,210
- p75
- $156,750
- p10
- $68,670
- p90
- $185,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +20%
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.