State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs Michigan
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In Michigan, $103,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.7% — not 30.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.8%
Alabama vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+41.7%
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
Michigan
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $103,230
- p25
- $82,250
- p75
- $125,410
- p10
- $63,930
- p90
- $155,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -78%
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.