State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Georgia vs Virginia
Chemical Engineers in Virginia earn a median of $136,380. In Georgia, $103,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20% — not 23.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.8%
Georgia vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-20%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $103,880
- p25
- $80,180
- p75
- $132,980
- p10
- $66,030
- p90
- $164,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -22%
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.