State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: California vs Mississippi
Environmental Engineers in California earn a median of $130,410. In Mississippi, $91,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.5% — not 43.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.2%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+12.5%
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%
Mississippi
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $91,100
- p25
- $66,350
- p75
- $115,210
- p10
- $57,320
- p90
- $145,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.