State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Louisiana vs Virginia
Environmental Engineers in Louisiana earn a median of $130,510. In Virginia, $104,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.6% — not 24.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.4%
Louisiana vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+42.6%
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%
Virginia
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $104,940
- p25
- $83,010
- p75
- $131,700
- p10
- $65,520
- p90
- $157,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -90%
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.