State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs Texas
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In Texas, $132,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.2% — not 1.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+1.7%
Alabama vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+11.2%
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
Texas
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $132,750
- p25
- $106,910
- p75
- $167,750
- p10
- $86,920
- p90
- $210,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- 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.