State comparison · 2025
Environmental Scientists and Specialists salary: Kansas vs Rhode Island
Environmental Scientists and Specialists in Rhode Island earn a median of $100,730. In Kansas, $78,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.8% — not 22.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.4%
Kansas vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-11.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $78,210
- p25
- $64,070
- p75
- $106,800
- p10
- $56,120
- p90
- $136,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.