State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Kansas vs Oregon
Environmental Engineers in Oregon earn a median of $127,100. In Kansas, $94,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.1% — not 26%.
Nominal pay gap
-26%
Kansas vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-15.1%
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
Oregon
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $127,100
- p25
- $101,220
- p75
- $141,930
- p10
- $80,720
- p90
- $181,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.