State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Louisiana vs Minnesota
Environmental Engineers in Louisiana earn a median of $130,510. In Minnesota, $115,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26% — not 12.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+12.8%
Louisiana vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+26%
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%
Minnesota
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $115,750
- p25
- $107,120
- p75
- $129,310
- p10
- $95,330
- p90
- $143,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- 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.