State comparison · 2025
Environmental Scientists and Specialists salary: Illinois vs Rhode Island
Environmental Scientists and Specialists in Rhode Island earn a median of $100,730. In Illinois, $81,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.1% — not 19%.
Nominal pay gap
-19%
Illinois vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-17.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $81,590
- p25
- $60,790
- p75
- $121,040
- p10
- $46,540
- p90
- $153,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
Rhode Island
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $100,730
- p25
- $79,770
- p75
- $123,180
- p10
- $66,420
- p90
- $139,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.