State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Georgia vs Texas
Environmental Engineers in Texas earn a median of $123,060. In Georgia, $96,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.9% — not 21.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.6%
Georgia vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
-20.9%
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)
- -12%
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.