State comparison · 2025
Environmental Scientists and Specialists salary: Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
Environmental Scientists and Specialists in Rhode Island earn a median of $100,730. In Massachusetts, $100,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.4% — not 0.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-0.1%
Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-3.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $100,640
- p25
- $79,890
- p75
- $127,310
- p10
- $63,460
- p90
- $139,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
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.