State comparison · 2025
Environmental Scientists and Specialists salary: Alaska vs California
Environmental Scientists and Specialists in California earn a median of $106,510. In Alaska, $91,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.7% — not 13.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-13.7%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-6.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $91,960
- p25
- $76,290
- p75
- $114,400
- p10
- $61,840
- p90
- $147,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.