How much do Chemical Plant and System Operators make in Mobile, AL?

Percentile spread

For Chemical Plant and System Operators, the published 10th percentile is $74,520 and the 90th percentile is $103,130. The difference is $28,610, which is 29.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $82,030 to the 75th at $100,250, covers $18,220.

The mean annual wage is $91,540, which sits below the median of $96,210. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Mobile, AL median is 23.2% higher than the national median of $78,120 for Chemical Plant and System Operators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $109,208, which is 39.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5% higher than the Alabama median of $91,610.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Mobile, AL is 88.098, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $96,210 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Chemical Plant and System Operators at $109,208 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Chemical Plant and System Operators. Mobile, AL ranks 2nd of 3 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• New Orleans-Metairie, LA is 127 miles away, with a median of $92,260 and employment of 460. That median is 4.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $99,636, against $109,208 here.
• Baton Rouge, LA is 175 miles away, with a median of $104,410 and employment of 1,720. That median is 8.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $115,014, against $109,208 here.

Employment share

Chemical Plant and System Operators accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Mobile, AL (110 of 172,550). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (16,610 of 155,495,730). The local share is 5.97 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.