State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Minnesota vs Virginia
Chemical Engineers in Virginia earn a median of $136,380. In Minnesota, $107,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19% — not 21.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.1%
Minnesota vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-19%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $107,670
- p25
- $76,340
- p75
- $134,500
- p10
- $60,320
- p90
- $269,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
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.