State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Louisiana vs Virginia
Chemical Engineers in Virginia earn a median of $136,380. In Louisiana, $134,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.3% — not 1.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-1.2%
Louisiana vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+13.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $134,800
- p25
- $105,860
- p75
- $164,800
- p10
- $75,500
- p90
- $177,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.