State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: California vs District of Columbia
Environmental Engineers in California earn a median of $130,410. In District of Columbia, $125,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.8% — not 3.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+3.5%
California vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
+2.8%
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%
District of Columbia
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $125,980
- p25
- $102,500
- p75
- $137,610
- p10
- $82,760
- p90
- $153,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.