State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs Pennsylvania
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In Pennsylvania, $116,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.9% — not 15.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.4%
Alabama vs Pennsylvania
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
Pennsylvania
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $116,970
- p25
- $91,520
- p75
- $168,060
- p10
- $79,940
- p90
- $177,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.