State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Connecticut vs Louisiana
Environmental Engineers in Louisiana earn a median of $130,510. In Connecticut, $114,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.2% — not 12.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.1%
Connecticut vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
-25.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $114,710
- p25
- $100,210
- p75
- $138,270
- p10
- $80,280
- p90
- $156,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.