State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: California vs Rhode Island
Environmental Engineers in California earn a median of $130,410. In Rhode Island, $101,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.2% — not 28.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.9%
California vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+19.2%
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%
Rhode Island
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $101,140
- p25
- $93,540
- p75
- $116,440
- p10
- $83,980
- p90
- $135,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- 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.