State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs Wisconsin
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In Wisconsin, $97,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 46.5% — not 38.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.3%
Alabama vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+46.5%
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
Wisconsin
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $97,660
- p25
- $74,700
- p75
- $119,500
- p10
- $60,740
- p90
- $131,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.