State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Alabama vs California
Environmental Engineers in California earn a median of $130,410. In Alabama, $102,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.9% — not 21.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.3%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-1.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $102,650
- p25
- $78,370
- p75
- $125,290
- p10
- $66,720
- p90
- $158,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
California
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $130,410
- p25
- $95,950
- p75
- $148,650
- p10
- $79,790
- p90
- $170,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -59%
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.