State comparison · 2025
Environmental Scientists and Specialists salary: Mississippi vs Rhode Island
Environmental Scientists and Specialists in Rhode Island earn a median of $100,730. In Mississippi, $57,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.6% — not 42.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.6%
Mississippi vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-32.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $57,780
- p25
- $47,010
- p75
- $77,600
- p10
- $37,230
- p90
- $112,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.