State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Texas vs Virginia
Chemical Engineers in Virginia earn a median of $136,380. In Texas, $132,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.3% — not 2.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-2.7%
Texas vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+1.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Texas
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $132,750
- p25
- $106,910
- p75
- $167,750
- p10
- $86,920
- p90
- $210,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
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.