State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs Rhode Island
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In Rhode Island, $111,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.4% — not 21%.
Nominal pay gap
+21%
Alabama vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+39.4%
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
Rhode Island
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $111,590
- p25
- $80,120
- p75
- $152,750
- p10
- $70,670
- p90
- $152,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.