State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Oregon vs Pennsylvania
Environmental Engineers in Oregon earn a median of $127,100. In Pennsylvania, $103,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.1% — not 23%.
Nominal pay gap
+23%
Oregon vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+16.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Pennsylvania
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $103,330
- p25
- $76,040
- p75
- $134,990
- p10
- $47,930
- p90
- $149,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -17%
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.