State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs Oregon
Environmental Engineers in Oregon earn a median of $127,100. In Massachusetts, $115,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11% — not 8.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.9%
Massachusetts vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-11%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $115,800
- p25
- $86,370
- p75
- $142,130
- p10
- $77,150
- p90
- $172,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
Oregon
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $127,100
- p25
- $101,220
- p75
- $141,930
- p10
- $80,720
- p90
- $181,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.