State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Kentucky vs Virginia
Chemical Engineers in Virginia earn a median of $136,380. In Kentucky, $117,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.7% — not 14.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.1%
Kentucky vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-3.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $117,170
- p25
- $106,000
- p75
- $136,450
- p10
- $89,040
- p90
- $161,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +33%
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.