State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Delaware vs Louisiana
Environmental Engineers in Louisiana earn a median of $130,510. In Delaware, $95,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.2% — not 26.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.7%
Delaware vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
-35.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $95,720
- p25
- $78,530
- p75
- $124,110
- p10
- $70,100
- p90
- $151,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.