State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Oregon vs Tennessee
Environmental Engineers in Oregon earn a median of $127,100. In Tennessee, $97,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.2% — not 30.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.8%
Oregon vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+16.2%
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
Tennessee
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $97,190
- p25
- $74,890
- p75
- $117,930
- p10
- $62,630
- p90
- $142,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- 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.