State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Oregon vs Utah
Environmental Engineers in Oregon earn a median of $127,100. In Utah, $103,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.6% — not 22.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.9%
Oregon vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+17.6%
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
Utah
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $103,380
- p25
- $83,510
- p75
- $127,180
- p10
- $76,230
- p90
- $148,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +300%
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.