State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: California vs West Virginia
Environmental Engineers in California earn a median of $130,410. In West Virginia, $83,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.7% — not 56.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+56.7%
California vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+26.7%
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%
West Virginia
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $83,200
- p25
- $73,390
- p75
- $100,780
- p10
- $57,460
- p90
- $155,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.