State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: California vs Wisconsin
Environmental Engineers in California earn a median of $130,410. In Wisconsin, $89,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.2% — not 44.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+44.9%
California vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+23.2%
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%
Wisconsin
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $89,990
- p25
- $78,030
- p75
- $107,170
- p10
- $69,940
- p90
- $154,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.