State comparison · 2025
Environmental Scientists and Specialists salary: Arizona vs California
Environmental Scientists and Specialists in California earn a median of $106,510. In Arizona, $80,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.8% — not 24.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.3%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-16.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $80,600
- p25
- $64,420
- p75
- $103,010
- p10
- $57,100
- p90
- $160,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -55%
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.