State comparison · 2025
Environmental Scientists and Specialists salary: California vs Maryland
Environmental Scientists and Specialists in California earn a median of $106,510. In Maryland, $84,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20% — not 26.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.5%
California vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+20%
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%
Maryland
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $84,190
- p25
- $65,850
- p75
- $106,860
- p10
- $57,840
- p90
- $137,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -82%
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.