State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs New Hampshire
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In New Hampshire, $73,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 116.3% — not 84.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+84.3%
Alabama vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
+116.3%
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
New Hampshire
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $73,250
- p25
- $60,600
- p75
- $115,140
- p10
- $53,930
- p90
- $146,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.