State comparison · 2025
Environmental Engineers salary: Oregon vs Virginia
Environmental Engineers in Oregon earn a median of $127,100. In Virginia, $104,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.4% — not 21.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.1%
Oregon vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+18.4%
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
Virginia
Environmental Engineers
- Median
- $104,940
- p25
- $83,010
- p75
- $131,700
- p10
- $65,520
- p90
- $157,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -90%
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.