State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Louisiana vs Pennsylvania
Environmental Engineers in Louisiana earn a median of $130,510. In Pennsylvania, $103,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.8% — not 26.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.3%
Louisiana vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+39.8%
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%
Pennsylvania
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $103,330
- p25
- $76,040
- p75
- $134,990
- p10
- $47,930
- p90
- $149,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -17%
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.