State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Indiana vs Louisiana
Environmental Engineers in Louisiana earn a median of $130,510. In Indiana, $92,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33% — not 29.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.2%
Indiana vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
-33%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $92,460
- p25
- $77,190
- p75
- $118,140
- p10
- $65,120
- p90
- $142,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.