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Environmental Engineers pay in Boulder, CO and Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Environmental Engineers is $103,530 per year in Boulder, CO. It is $142,700 per year in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL. Boulder, CO is 27.4% below Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 17-2081 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 90 wage and salary jobs in Boulder, CO and 50 in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings