State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: California vs Kansas
Environmental Engineers in California earn a median of $130,410. In Kansas, $94,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.8% — not 38.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.6%
California vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+12.8%
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%
Kansas
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $94,070
- p25
- $81,470
- p75
- $121,490
- p10
- $69,850
- p90
- $139,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.