State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Oregon vs South Carolina
Environmental Engineers in Oregon earn a median of $127,100. In South Carolina, $96,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.8% — not 32.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.2%
Oregon vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+19.8%
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
South Carolina
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $96,140
- p25
- $81,230
- p75
- $120,050
- p10
- $47,740
- p90
- $149,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.