State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Illinois vs Virginia
Chemical Engineers in Virginia earn a median of $136,380. In Illinois, $121,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.9% — not 10.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-10.9%
Illinois vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-9.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $121,560
- p25
- $95,800
- p75
- $140,010
- p10
- $79,120
- p90
- $176,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -73%
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.