State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Louisiana vs Vermont
Environmental Engineers in Louisiana earn a median of $130,510. In Vermont, $92,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 56.6% — not 41%.
Nominal pay gap
+41%
Louisiana vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+56.6%
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%
Vermont
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $92,580
- p25
- $79,640
- p75
- $113,830
- p10
- $72,450
- p90
- $153,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.