State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs North Carolina
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In North Carolina, $117,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.1% — not 15%.
Nominal pay gap
+15%
Alabama vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+22.1%
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
North Carolina
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $117,410
- p25
- $95,920
- p75
- $141,260
- p10
- $81,020
- p90
- $168,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -14%
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.