State comparison · 2025
Environmental Scientists and Specialists salary: Colorado vs Rhode Island
Environmental Scientists and Specialists in Rhode Island earn a median of $100,730. In Colorado, $85,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.3% — not 14.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.6%
Colorado vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-15.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $85,990
- p25
- $65,670
- p75
- $106,690
- p10
- $65,260
- p90
- $140,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
Rhode Island
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $100,730
- p25
- $79,770
- p75
- $123,180
- p10
- $66,420
- p90
- $139,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.