State comparison · 2025
Environmental Scientists and Specialists salary: California vs Maine
Environmental Scientists and Specialists in California earn a median of $106,510. In Maine, $66,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.5% — not 60.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+60.2%
California vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+40.5%
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%
Maine
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $66,480
- p25
- $56,470
- p75
- $78,060
- p10
- $49,280
- p90
- $107,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.