State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: California vs Minnesota
Environmental Engineers in California earn a median of $130,410. In Minnesota, $115,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.4% — not 12.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+12.7%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+0.4%
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%
Minnesota
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $115,750
- p25
- $107,120
- p75
- $129,310
- p10
- $95,330
- p90
- $143,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.