State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs New Jersey
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In New Jersey, $126,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.5% — not 6.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.5%
Alabama vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+30.5%
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 Jersey
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $126,760
- p25
- $95,520
- p75
- $157,190
- p10
- $81,040
- p90
- $185,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -38%
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.