State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Mississippi vs Oregon
Environmental Engineers in Oregon earn a median of $127,100. In Mississippi, $91,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.8% — not 28.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.3%
Mississippi vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-14.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $91,100
- p25
- $66,350
- p75
- $115,210
- p10
- $57,320
- p90
- $145,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.