State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs Utah
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In Utah, $85,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 75.9% — not 57.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+57.9%
Alabama vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+75.9%
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
Utah
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $85,520
- p25
- $81,840
- p75
- $104,240
- p10
- $66,620
- p90
- $152,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- 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.