State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: California vs North Carolina
Environmental Engineers in California earn a median of $130,410. In North Carolina, $99,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.7% — not 31.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.1%
California vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+11.7%
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%
North Carolina
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $99,440
- p25
- $76,640
- p75
- $127,040
- p10
- $69,000
- p90
- $143,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.