State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Colorado vs Virginia
Chemical Engineers in Virginia earn a median of $136,380. In Colorado, $125,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.5% — not 7.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.8%
Colorado vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-9.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $125,800
- p25
- $97,490
- p75
- $150,280
- p10
- $80,130
- p90
- $188,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -17%
Virginia
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $136,380
- p25
- $100,680
- p75
- $156,080
- p10
- $92,540
- p90
- $176,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.