State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Indiana vs Virginia
Chemical Engineers in Virginia earn a median of $136,380. In Indiana, $113,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.1% — not 17%.
Nominal pay gap
-17%
Indiana vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-10.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $113,160
- p25
- $103,600
- p75
- $119,030
- p10
- $89,990
- p90
- $135,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- 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.