State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: California vs Virginia
Environmental Engineers in California earn a median of $130,410. In Virginia, $104,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.5% — not 24.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.3%
California vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+13.5%
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%
Virginia
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $104,940
- p25
- $83,010
- p75
- $131,700
- p10
- $65,520
- p90
- $157,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -90%
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.