State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Louisiana vs Ohio
Environmental Engineers in Louisiana earn a median of $130,510. In Ohio, $113,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.3% — not 15.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.3%
Louisiana vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+21.3%
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%
Ohio
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $113,180
- p25
- $83,590
- p75
- $127,330
- p10
- $69,000
- p90
- $145,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -83%
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.