State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Colorado vs Louisiana
Environmental Engineers in Louisiana earn a median of $130,510. In Colorado, $106,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.9% — not 18.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.1%
Colorado vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
-29.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $106,890
- p25
- $83,500
- p75
- $131,550
- p10
- $66,390
- p90
- $165,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
Louisiana
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $130,510
- p25
- $99,490
- p75
- $171,630
- p10
- $76,500
- p90
- $201,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.