State comparison · 2025
Environmental Scientists and Specialists salary: Missouri vs Rhode Island
Environmental Scientists and Specialists in Rhode Island earn a median of $100,730. In Missouri, $61,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.7% — not 39.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.4%
Missouri vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-31.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $61,050
- p25
- $55,000
- p75
- $72,880
- p10
- $49,140
- p90
- $88,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.