State comparison · 2025
Environmental Scientists and Specialists salary: California vs Colorado
Environmental Scientists and Specialists in California earn a median of $106,510. In Colorado, $85,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.4% — not 23.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.9%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+15.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Colorado
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $85,990
- p25
- $65,670
- p75
- $106,690
- p10
- $65,260
- p90
- $140,340
- 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.