State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Kansas vs Louisiana
Environmental Engineers in Louisiana earn a median of $130,510. In Kansas, $94,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.4% — not 27.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.9%
Kansas vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
-29.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $94,070
- p25
- $81,470
- p75
- $121,490
- p10
- $69,850
- p90
- $139,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.