State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs Ohio
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In Ohio, $111,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.9% — not 21.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.4%
Alabama vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+26.9%
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
Ohio
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $111,200
- p25
- $96,170
- p75
- $135,700
- p10
- $76,940
- p90
- $169,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -70%
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.