State comparison · 2025
Environmental Scientists and Specialists salary: Nebraska vs Rhode Island
Environmental Scientists and Specialists in Rhode Island earn a median of $100,730. In Nebraska, $64,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.8% — not 36.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.4%
Nebraska vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-27.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $64,040
- p25
- $55,320
- p75
- $79,970
- p10
- $52,110
- p90
- $101,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.