State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Idaho vs Louisiana
Environmental Engineers in Louisiana earn a median of $130,510. In Idaho, $117,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.8% — not 10%.
Nominal pay gap
-10%
Idaho vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
-16.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $117,520
- p25
- $104,000
- p75
- $151,730
- p10
- $69,780
- p90
- $165,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.