State comparison · 2025
Environmental Scientists and Specialists salary: Rhode Island vs Wyoming
Environmental Scientists and Specialists in Rhode Island earn a median of $100,730. In Wyoming, $74,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.3% — not 36%.
Nominal pay gap
+36%
Rhode Island vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+23.3%
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
Wyoming
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Median
- $74,050
- p25
- $61,780
- p75
- $85,020
- p10
- $58,510
- p90
- $100,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.