State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Missouri vs Virginia
Chemical Engineers in Virginia earn a median of $136,380. In Missouri, $102,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.5% — not 25%.
Nominal pay gap
-25%
Missouri vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-16.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $102,320
- p25
- $102,320
- p75
- $128,530
- p10
- $84,300
- p90
- $166,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.