State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: California vs Connecticut
Environmental Engineers in California earn a median of $130,410. In Connecticut, $114,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.4% — not 13.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+13.7%
California vs Connecticut
COL-adjusted gap
+6.4%
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%
Connecticut
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $114,710
- p25
- $100,210
- p75
- $138,270
- p10
- $80,280
- p90
- $156,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.