State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: California vs Colorado
Environmental Engineers in California earn a median of $130,410. In Colorado, $106,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.6% — not 22%.
Nominal pay gap
+22%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+13.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Colorado
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $106,890
- p25
- $83,500
- p75
- $131,550
- p10
- $66,390
- p90
- $165,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.