State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs Missouri
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In Missouri, $102,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.9% — not 32%.
Nominal pay gap
+32%
Alabama vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+34.9%
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
Missouri
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $102,320
- p25
- $102,320
- p75
- $128,530
- p10
- $84,300
- p90
- $166,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.