State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Arkansas vs Louisiana
Environmental Engineers in Louisiana earn a median of $130,510. In Arkansas, $85,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.7% — not 34.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.7%
Arkansas vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
-33.7%
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
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.