State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: California vs Tennessee
Environmental Engineers in California earn a median of $130,410. In Tennessee, $97,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.4% — not 34.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.2%
California vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+11.4%
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%
Tennessee
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $97,190
- p25
- $74,890
- p75
- $117,930
- p10
- $62,630
- p90
- $142,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- 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.