State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: California vs Maryland
Environmental Engineers in California earn a median of $130,410. In Maryland, $97,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.8% — not 33.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.7%
California vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+26.8%
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%
Maryland
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $97,570
- p25
- $80,760
- p75
- $127,980
- p10
- $62,380
- p90
- $156,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- 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.