State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs Washington
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In Washington, $128,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.8% — not 5.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.3%
Alabama vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+26.8%
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
Washington
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $128,290
- p25
- $104,300
- p75
- $164,630
- p10
- $94,160
- p90
- $185,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -14%
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.