State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: California vs Utah
Environmental Engineers in California earn a median of $130,410. In Utah, $103,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.7% — not 26.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.1%
California vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+12.7%
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%
Utah
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $103,380
- p25
- $83,510
- p75
- $127,180
- p10
- $76,230
- p90
- $148,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +300%
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.