State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Louisiana vs Utah
Environmental Engineers in Louisiana earn a median of $130,510. In Utah, $103,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.6% — not 26.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.2%
Louisiana vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+41.6%
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%
Utah
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $103,380
- p25
- $83,510
- p75
- $127,180
- p10
- $76,230
- p90
- $148,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +300%
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.