State comparison · 2025
Environmental Scientists and Specialists salary: Arkansas vs California
Environmental Scientists and Specialists in California earn a median of $106,510. In Arkansas, $57,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.6% — not 46.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-46.3%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-31.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $57,220
- p25
- $44,930
- p75
- $88,710
- p10
- $35,580
- p90
- $122,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.