State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: California vs Wyoming
Environmental Engineers in California earn a median of $130,410. In Wyoming, $106,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.7% — not 22.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.6%
California vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+2.7%
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%
Wyoming
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $106,330
- p25
- $82,280
- p75
- $126,910
- p10
- $71,320
- p90
- $143,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.