State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Arizona vs Louisiana
Environmental Engineers in Louisiana earn a median of $130,510. In Arizona, $93,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.9% — not 28%.
Nominal pay gap
-28%
Arizona vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
-36.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $93,970
- p25
- $77,720
- p75
- $112,010
- p10
- $63,790
- p90
- $130,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
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.