State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs Massachusetts
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In Massachusetts, $118,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.3% — not 14.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+14.4%
Alabama vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+36.3%
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
Massachusetts
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $118,000
- p25
- $85,170
- p75
- $133,050
- p10
- $67,810
- p90
- $172,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -59%
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.