State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Utah vs Virginia
Chemical Engineers in Virginia earn a median of $136,380. In Utah, $85,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.9% — not 37.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.3%
Utah vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-35.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Utah
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $85,520
- p25
- $81,840
- p75
- $104,240
- p10
- $66,620
- p90
- $152,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -17%
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.