State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Colorado vs Texas
Environmental Engineers in Texas earn a median of $123,060. In Colorado, $106,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.2% — not 13.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-13.1%
Colorado vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
-18.2%
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)
- +350%
Texas
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $123,060
- p25
- $92,600
- p75
- $154,970
- p10
- $76,510
- p90
- $177,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +54%
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.