State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Alabama vs Oregon
Environmental Engineers in Oregon earn a median of $127,100. In Alabama, $102,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6% — not 19.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.2%
Alabama vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-6%
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%
Oregon
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $127,100
- p25
- $101,220
- p75
- $141,930
- p10
- $80,720
- p90
- $181,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.