State comparison · 2025
Environmental Scientists and Specialists salary: Maryland vs Rhode Island
Environmental Scientists and Specialists in Rhode Island earn a median of $100,730. In Maryland, $84,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.6% — not 16.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.4%
Maryland vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-18.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $84,190
- p25
- $65,850
- p75
- $106,860
- p10
- $57,840
- p90
- $137,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -82%
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.