State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Iowa vs Louisiana
Environmental Engineers in Louisiana earn a median of $130,510. In Iowa, $94,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27% — not 27.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.3%
Iowa vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
-27%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $94,830
- p25
- $79,000
- p75
- $111,940
- p10
- $66,780
- p90
- $134,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.