State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Oregon vs Texas
Environmental Engineers in Oregon earn a median of $127,100. In Texas, $123,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3% — not 3.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+3.3%
Oregon vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
-3%
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
Texas
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $123,060
- p25
- $92,600
- p75
- $154,970
- p10
- $76,510
- p90
- $177,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.