State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Louisiana vs Massachusetts
Environmental Engineers in Louisiana earn a median of $130,510. In Massachusetts, $115,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.2% — not 12.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+12.7%
Louisiana vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+35.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Massachusetts
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $115,800
- p25
- $86,370
- p75
- $142,130
- p10
- $77,150
- p90
- $172,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.