State comparison · 2025
Environmental Scientists and Specialists salary: Maine vs Rhode Island
Environmental Scientists and Specialists in Rhode Island earn a median of $100,730. In Maine, $66,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.5% — not 34%.
Nominal pay gap
-34%
Maine vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-30.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $66,480
- p25
- $56,470
- p75
- $78,060
- p10
- $49,280
- p90
- $107,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
Rhode Island
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $100,730
- p25
- $79,770
- p75
- $123,180
- p10
- $66,420
- p90
- $139,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.