State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Kentucky vs Louisiana
Environmental Engineers in Louisiana earn a median of $130,510. In Kentucky, $107,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.4% — not 17.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.6%
Kentucky vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
-19.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $107,520
- p25
- $93,290
- p75
- $132,190
- p10
- $76,310
- p90
- $157,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.