State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs New York
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In New York, $129,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.1% — not 4.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.6%
Alabama vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+27.1%
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 York
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $129,060
- p25
- $89,440
- p75
- $145,670
- p10
- $81,520
- p90
- $146,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -52%
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.