State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Arkansas vs California
Environmental Engineers in California earn a median of $130,410. In Arkansas, $85,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.7% — not 34.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.6%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-16.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $85,280
- p25
- $63,990
- p75
- $109,280
- p10
- $51,910
- p90
- $132,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.