State comparison · 2025
Environmental Scientists and Specialists salary: California vs Kansas
Environmental Scientists and Specialists in California earn a median of $106,510. In Kansas, $78,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.8% — not 36.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.2%
California vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+10.8%
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%
Kansas
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $78,210
- p25
- $64,070
- p75
- $106,800
- p10
- $56,120
- p90
- $136,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.