State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs Virginia
Chemical Engineers in Virginia earn a median of $136,380. In Massachusetts, $118,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.3% — not 13.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-13.5%
Massachusetts vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-17.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $118,000
- p25
- $85,170
- p75
- $133,050
- p10
- $67,810
- p90
- $172,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -59%
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.