State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: California vs Kentucky
Environmental Engineers in California earn a median of $130,410. In Kentucky, $107,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.2% — not 21.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.3%
California vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
-1.2%
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%
Kentucky
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $107,520
- p25
- $93,290
- p75
- $132,190
- p10
- $76,310
- p90
- $157,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.