State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Alabama vs Louisiana
Environmental Engineers in Louisiana earn a median of $130,510. In Alabama, $102,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.9% — not 21.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.3%
Alabama vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
-21.9%
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%
Louisiana
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $130,510
- p25
- $99,490
- p75
- $171,630
- p10
- $76,500
- p90
- $201,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.