State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Louisiana vs Missouri
Environmental Engineers in Louisiana earn a median of $130,510. In Missouri, $98,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.9% — not 32.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.9%
Louisiana vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+36.9%
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%
Missouri
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $98,170
- p25
- $79,160
- p75
- $118,350
- p10
- $56,430
- p90
- $128,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.