State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Minnesota vs Oregon
Environmental Engineers in Oregon earn a median of $127,100. In Minnesota, $115,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.5% — not 8.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.9%
Minnesota vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-4.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $115,750
- p25
- $107,120
- p75
- $129,310
- p10
- $95,330
- p90
- $143,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- 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.