State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs North Dakota
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In North Dakota, $115,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.3% — not 17%.
Nominal pay gap
+17%
Alabama vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+17.3%
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
North Dakota
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $115,400
- p25
- $84,720
- p75
- $134,630
- p10
- $45,760
- p90
- $162,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.