Chief Engineer
CoAspire
Manassas, VA · $220k–$280k a year · Posted November 3, 2026
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Where Manassas, VA ranks
Where Manassas, VA placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #2Best all-round cities for new graduates in the Southeast67 / 100 · of 33
- #7Best cities for junior jobs in Virginia36% · of 26
- #8Best cities for pay after cost of living in Virginia$137k · of 15
- #8Best all-round cities for new graduates in the Mid-Atlantic63 / 100 · of 37
- #9Cities with the most jobs that need no experience in the Mid-Atlantic1.8% · of 84
- #9Cities with the most jobs that need no experience in the Southeast1.8% · of 84
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $250,000 a year. Across 81 open chief engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $122,500 to $237,500 and the median is $175,000. That is 43% above the median, above the middle half of those listings.
Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
How AI is used in this kind of work
AI use among architectural and engineering managers is little observed so far. Measured exposure for architectural and engineering managers: 3% (little observed).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
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