State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs Minnesota
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In Minnesota, $107,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.3% — not 25.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.4%
Alabama vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+39.3%
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
Minnesota
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $107,670
- p25
- $76,340
- p75
- $134,500
- p10
- $60,320
- p90
- $269,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
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.