State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs South Carolina
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In South Carolina, $101,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.3% — not 32.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.9%
Alabama vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+40.3%
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
South Carolina
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $101,570
- p25
- $79,160
- p75
- $127,900
- p10
- $77,140
- p90
- $146,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
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.