State comparison · 2025
Environmental Scientists and Specialists salary: Kentucky vs Rhode Island
Environmental Scientists and Specialists in Rhode Island earn a median of $100,730. In Kentucky, $71,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20% — not 29.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.5%
Kentucky vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-20%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $71,040
- p25
- $56,070
- p75
- $78,850
- p10
- $48,540
- p90
- $94,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.