State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs West Virginia
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In West Virginia, $129,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.3% — not 4.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.5%
Alabama vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+5.3%
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
West Virginia
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $129,210
- p25
- $101,600
- p75
- $165,770
- p10
- $90,660
- p90
- $181,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.