State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Alaska vs California
Environmental Engineers in California earn a median of $130,410. In Alaska, $110,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.6% — not 15.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.5%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-8.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $110,220
- p25
- $95,800
- p75
- $132,900
- p10
- $78,940
- p90
- $155,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.