State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Louisiana vs Tennessee
Environmental Engineers in Louisiana earn a median of $130,510. In Tennessee, $97,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.9% — not 34.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.3%
Louisiana vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+39.9%
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%
Tennessee
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $97,190
- p25
- $74,890
- p75
- $117,930
- p10
- $62,630
- p90
- $142,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.