State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: California vs Vermont
Environmental Engineers in California earn a median of $130,410. In Vermont, $92,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.7% — not 40.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.9%
California vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+24.7%
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%
Vermont
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $92,580
- p25
- $79,640
- p75
- $113,830
- p10
- $72,450
- p90
- $153,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.