State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: California vs Ohio
Environmental Engineers in California earn a median of $130,410. In Ohio, $113,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.4% — not 15.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.2%
California vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
-3.4%
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%
Ohio
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $113,180
- p25
- $83,590
- p75
- $127,330
- p10
- $69,000
- p90
- $145,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -83%
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.