State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Kentucky vs Oregon
Environmental Engineers in Oregon earn a median of $127,100. In Kentucky, $107,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3% — not 15.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.4%
Kentucky vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-3%
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
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.