State comparison · 2025
Environmental Scientists and Specialists salary: Rhode Island vs Texas
Environmental Scientists and Specialists in Rhode Island earn a median of $100,730. In Texas, $92,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.9% — not 9.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+9.5%
Rhode Island vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+3.9%
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
Texas
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $92,000
- p25
- $66,640
- p75
- $128,380
- p10
- $60,080
- p90
- $163,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -87%
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.