State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Louisiana vs Rhode Island
Environmental Engineers in Louisiana earn a median of $130,510. In Rhode Island, $101,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 49.7% — not 29%.
Nominal pay gap
+29%
Louisiana vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+49.7%
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%
Rhode Island
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $101,140
- p25
- $93,540
- p75
- $116,440
- p10
- $83,980
- p90
- $135,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- 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.