State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Georgia vs Louisiana
Environmental Engineers in Louisiana earn a median of $130,510. In Georgia, $96,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.3% — not 26%.
Nominal pay gap
-26%
Georgia vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
-32.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $96,530
- p25
- $78,240
- p75
- $122,280
- p10
- $64,810
- p90
- $144,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
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.