State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: California vs South Carolina
Environmental Engineers in California earn a median of $130,410. In South Carolina, $96,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.8% — not 35.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.6%
California vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+14.8%
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%
South Carolina
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $96,140
- p25
- $81,230
- p75
- $120,050
- p10
- $47,740
- p90
- $149,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.