State comparison · 2025
Environmental Scientists and Specialists salary: Rhode Island vs Virginia
Environmental Scientists and Specialists in Rhode Island earn a median of $100,730. In Virginia, $82,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.1% — not 22.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.5%
Rhode Island vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+21.1%
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
Virginia
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $82,230
- p25
- $68,030
- p75
- $102,750
- p10
- $57,720
- p90
- $135,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.