State comparison · 2025
Environmental Scientists and Specialists salary: Indiana vs Rhode Island
Environmental Scientists and Specialists in Rhode Island earn a median of $100,730. In Indiana, $64,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.6% — not 35.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.8%
Indiana vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-29.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $64,700
- p25
- $52,580
- p75
- $94,910
- p10
- $46,830
- p90
- $124,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -20%
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.