State comparison · 2025
Environmental Scientists and Specialists salary: Alabama vs California
Environmental Scientists and Specialists in California earn a median of $106,510. In Alabama, $72,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.2% — not 31.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.9%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-15.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $72,490
- p25
- $52,750
- p75
- $85,350
- p10
- $41,260
- p90
- $114,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +300%
California
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $106,510
- p25
- $81,480
- p75
- $132,770
- p10
- $65,350
- p90
- $161,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -44%
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.