State comparison · 2025
Environmental Scientists and Specialists salary: Minnesota vs Rhode Island
Environmental Scientists and Specialists in Rhode Island earn a median of $100,730. In Minnesota, $88,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.4% — not 12.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.6%
Minnesota vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-9.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $88,000
- p25
- $61,570
- p75
- $105,850
- p10
- $35,510
- p90
- $133,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.