State comparison · 2025
Environmental Scientists and Specialists salary: Rhode Island vs Wisconsin
Environmental Scientists and Specialists in Rhode Island earn a median of $100,730. In Wisconsin, $72,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.2% — not 38.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.3%
Rhode Island vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+27.2%
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
Wisconsin
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $72,820
- p25
- $62,560
- p75
- $86,610
- p10
- $48,580
- p90
- $104,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.