State comparison · 2025
Environmental Scientists and Specialists salary: Rhode Island vs Tennessee
Environmental Scientists and Specialists in Rhode Island earn a median of $100,730. In Tennessee, $76,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.8% — not 31.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.1%
Rhode Island vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+17.8%
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
Tennessee
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $76,840
- p25
- $62,670
- p75
- $99,200
- p10
- $54,040
- p90
- $133,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.