State comparison · 2025
Environmental Scientists and Specialists salary: Rhode Island vs South Carolina
Environmental Scientists and Specialists in Rhode Island earn a median of $100,730. In South Carolina, $74,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.2% — not 34.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.5%
Rhode Island vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+23.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
South Carolina
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $74,910
- p25
- $57,030
- p75
- $100,320
- p10
- $46,200
- p90
- $133,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.