State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs Oklahoma
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In Oklahoma, $127,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.5% — not 5.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.7%
Alabama vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+4.5%
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
Oklahoma
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $127,790
- p25
- $106,070
- p75
- $167,040
- p10
- $88,610
- p90
- $189,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +150%
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.