State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs Oregon
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In Oregon, $116,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.4% — not 15.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.5%
Alabama vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+34.4%
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
Oregon
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $116,950
- p25
- $95,300
- p75
- $138,140
- p10
- $83,080
- p90
- $166,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +17%
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.