State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Delaware vs Virginia
Chemical Engineers in Virginia earn a median of $136,380. In Delaware, $133,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.7% — not 2%.
Nominal pay gap
-2%
Delaware vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-0.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $133,670
- p25
- $106,000
- p75
- $158,670
- p10
- $86,810
- p90
- $176,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.