State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Colorado vs Oregon
Environmental Engineers in Oregon earn a median of $127,100. In Colorado, $106,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.7% — not 15.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.9%
Colorado vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-15.7%
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%
Oregon
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $127,100
- p25
- $101,220
- p75
- $141,930
- p10
- $80,720
- p90
- $181,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.