Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians · SOC 17-3025

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicianss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for environmental engineering technologists and technicians. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (2 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 70 metro areas

Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$105,250	160	0.1
2	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$105,070	190	0.1
3	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$92,230	30	0.0
4	Knoxville, TN	$91,440	250	0.6
5	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$88,790	120	0.1
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$85,780	260	0.1
7	Albuquerque, NM	$79,700	50	0.1
8	Worcester, MA	$77,180	40	0.1
9	Pittsburgh, PA	$77,130	80	0.1
10	Fresno, CA	$76,240	30	0.1
11	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$76,210	30	0.1
12	Greeley, CO	$75,020	40	0.3
13	Chattanooga, TN-GA	$72,860	30	0.1
14	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$72,090	70	0.2
15	Huntsville, AL	$71,280	Not published	Not published
16	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$71,040	Not published	Not published
17	Kansas City, MO-KS	$67,560	100	0.1
18	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$67,020	130	0.1
19	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$66,200	190	0.1
20	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$65,790	500	0.1
21	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$65,760	100	0.1
22	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$63,720	200	0.1
23	Baton Rouge, LA	$62,960	Not published	Not published
24	Oklahoma City, OK	$62,920	230	0.3
25	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$62,880	50	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.