State comparison · 2025
Environmental Scientists and Specialists salary: Pennsylvania vs Rhode Island
Environmental Scientists and Specialists in Rhode Island earn a median of $100,730. In Pennsylvania, $76,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.8% — not 24.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.4%
Pennsylvania vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-20.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Pennsylvania
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $76,110
- p25
- $60,420
- p75
- $95,910
- p10
- $50,660
- p90
- $125,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -20%
Rhode Island
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $100,730
- p25
- $79,770
- p75
- $123,180
- p10
- $66,420
- p90
- $139,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.