SOC 17-2081 · Architecture and Engineering Occupations

Environmental Engineers

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025United States, all industries

U.S. median annual wage$107,110

U.S. median hourly wage$51.50

U.S. employment38,340

Nationally, environmental engineers earned a median of $107,110 per year as of the May 2025 OEWS estimates, across 38,340 jobs. Pay varies substantially by area — look up a specific state or metro below.

National pay distribution

Pay by state

Every state and territory with a published May 2025 estimate. “Not published” means BLS suppressed the value — it never means zero. Higher medians often track higher living costs; this is not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

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Environmental Engineers: pay and employment by state
State
Louisiana	$130,510	$62.74	340	0.2
California	$130,410	$62.70	4,550	0.3
Oregon	$127,100	$61.10	650	0.3
Washington	$125,460	$60.32	1,920	0.5
Texas	$123,060	$59.17	1,940	0.1
Nebraska	$120,620	$57.99	270	0.3
Idaho	$117,520	$56.50	400	0.5
Florida	$116,840	$56.17	1,800	0.2
Massachusetts	$115,800	$55.67	1,880	0.5
Minnesota	$115,750	$55.65	1,080	0.4
Connecticut	$114,710	$55.15	450	0.3
Ohio	$113,180	$54.42	730	0.1
Alaska	$110,220	$52.99	260	0.8
Nevada	$109,720	$52.75	290	0.2
New Mexico	$108,360	$52.10	500	0.6
Illinois	$107,990	$51.92	940	0.2
Hawaii	$107,880	$51.86	150	0.2
Kentucky	$107,520	$51.69	350	0.2
Colorado	$106,890	$51.39	1,320	0.5
Wyoming	$106,330	$51.12	200	0.7
Michigan	$105,080	$50.52	810	0.2
Virginia	$104,940	$50.45	1,010	0.2
Utah	$103,380	$49.70	410	0.2
Pennsylvania	$103,330	$49.68	1,750	0.3
Alabama	$102,650	$49.35	780	0.4
New Jersey	$102,630	$49.34	990	0.2
New York	$101,270	$48.69	3,170	0.3
Rhode Island	$101,140	$48.63	200	0.4
Montana	$100,140	$48.15	300	0.6
North Carolina	$99,440	$47.81	Not published	Not published
South Dakota	$98,890	$47.54	90	0.2
Missouri	$98,170	$47.20	510	0.2
Maryland	$97,570	$46.91	1,030	0.4
Tennessee	$97,190	$46.73	540	0.2
Georgia	$96,530	$46.41	830	0.2
South Carolina	$96,140	$46.22	560	0.2
Delaware	$95,720	$46.02	150	0.3
Iowa	$94,830	$45.59	150	0.1
Kansas	$94,070	$45.23	320	0.2
Arizona	$93,970	$45.18	690	0.2
Maine	$93,930	$45.16	220	0.3
Vermont	$92,580	$44.51	110	0.4
Indiana	$92,460	$44.45	520	0.2
Oklahoma	$92,090	$44.27	530	0.3
North Dakota	$91,370	$43.93	90	0.2
Mississippi	$91,100	$43.80	260	0.2
Wisconsin	$89,990	$43.26	890	0.3
New Hampshire	$88,610	$42.60	210	0.3
Arkansas	$85,280	$41.00	210	0.2
West Virginia	$83,200	$40.00	370	0.5
Puerto Rico	$77,560	$37.29	110	0.1

Pay by metro area

All 154 metro areas where BLS publishes this occupation. Sort by median wage, employment, or local concentration — or see the highest-paying metros ranked.

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Environmental Engineers: pay and employment by metro area
Metro area
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	$142,700	$68.60	50	0.1
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$141,560	$68.06	100	0.5
Redding, CA	$140,570	$67.58	40	0.6
Kennewick-Richland, WA	$140,060	$67.34	390	3.0
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$138,840	$66.75	550	0.2
Stockton-Lodi, CA	$138,700	$66.68	40	0.2
Baton Rouge, LA	$138,000	$66.34	170	0.4
Vallejo, CA	$136,640	$65.69	30	0.2
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	$135,240	$65.02	80	0.5
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$133,240	$64.06	1,200	1.1
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$130,270	$62.63	30	0.3
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$129,780	$62.39	60	0.5
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$129,390	$62.21	1,040	0.4
Decatur, AL	$129,290	$62.16	50	0.9
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$128,410	$61.74	1,050	0.5
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$127,900	$61.49	890	0.1
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$127,340	$61.22	690	0.2
Columbus, OH	$127,190	$61.15	130	0.1
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$127,080	$61.10	500	0.4
Salinas, CA	$126,670	$60.90	30	0.2
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$126,650	$60.89	370	0.1
Gainesville, FL	$126,440	$60.79	50	0.3
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$125,550	$60.36	180	0.2
Corpus Christi, TX	$125,330	$60.25	30	0.2
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$124,920	$60.06	50	0.2
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$123,710	$59.48	160	0.1
Midland, TX	$123,060	$59.17	60	0.5
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$122,380	$58.84	70	0.4
Tallahassee, FL	$121,390	$58.36	50	0.3
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$121,230	$58.29	60	0.7
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$120,580	$57.97	810	0.3
Reno, NV	$120,050	$57.72	50	0.2
Fresno, CA	$119,400	$57.40	170	0.4
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$119,390	$57.40	540	0.4
Omaha, NE-IA	$119,260	$57.34	140	0.3
Pittsfield, MA	$119,190	$57.30	60	1.0
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$119,000	$57.21	50	0.1
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$118,860	$57.15	90	0.3
Ogden, UT	$118,810	$57.12	80	0.3
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	$118,320	$56.89	80	0.4
Lincoln, NE	$117,640	$56.56	70	0.4
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$117,360	$56.42	260	0.2
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$115,750	$55.65	750	0.4
Rochester, MN	$115,750	$55.65	40	0.3
Cleveland, OH	$115,720	$55.64	90	0.1
Billings, MT	$115,550	$55.55	50	0.5
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$115,390	$55.48	70	0.2
Jacksonville, FL	$115,210	$55.39	200	0.3
Colorado Springs, CO	$114,500	$55.05	80	0.3
Akron, OH	$114,280	$54.94	70	0.2
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$113,960	$54.79	150	0.1
New Haven, CT	$113,290	$54.47	40	0.1
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$111,710	$53.71	290	0.5
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	$111,630	$53.67	50	0.1
Huntsville, AL	$111,270	$53.49	100	0.4
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$110,700	$53.22	660	0.1
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$110,520	$53.13	360	0.2
Urban Honolulu, HI	$110,010	$52.89	130	0.3
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$109,970	$52.87	50	0.1
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$109,880	$52.83	40	0.4
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$109,620	$52.70	1,460	0.5
Fairbanks-College, AK	$109,410	$52.60	50	1.3
Boise City, ID	$109,350	$52.57	100	0.3
Ann Arbor, MI	$109,140	$52.47	90	0.4
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$109,050	$52.43	170	0.1
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$108,240	$52.04	190	1.4
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$108,180	$52.01	50	0.2
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$107,950	$51.90	90	0.3
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	$107,930	$51.89	70	0.3
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$107,910	$51.88	1,810	0.2
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$107,880	$51.86	910	0.6
Lexington-Fayette, KY	$107,830	$51.84	100	0.4
Barnstable Town, MA	$107,270	$51.57	40	0.4
Appleton, WI	$107,170	$51.52	60	0.4
Duluth, MN-WI	$107,120	$51.50	60	0.5
Mankato, MN	$107,120	$51.50	50	0.8
Anchorage, AK	$106,870	$51.38	160	0.9
Savannah, GA	$105,800	$50.87	40	0.2
Tulsa, OK	$105,470	$50.71	120	0.3
Springfield, MA	$105,430	$50.69	50	0.3
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	$105,370	$50.66	70	0.1
Boulder, CO	$103,530	$49.77	90	0.5
Cheyenne, WY	$103,230	$49.63	30	0.7
Springfield, IL	$103,190	$49.61	120	1.1
Binghamton, NY	$103,150	$49.59	30	0.3
Raleigh-Cary, NC	$102,980	$49.51	110	0.2
Albuquerque, NM	$102,970	$49.50	280	0.7
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$102,930	$49.49	180	0.2
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$102,630	$49.34	70	0.1
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$102,630	$49.34	80	0.3
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	$102,590	$49.32	40	0.2
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	$102,390	$49.23	30	0.2
Portland-South Portland, ME	$102,270	$49.17	100	0.4
York-Hanover, PA	$102,260	$49.16	30	0.2
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$102,110	$49.09	270	0.4
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$101,140	$48.63	220	0.3
Richmond, VA	$100,760	$48.44	130	0.2
Manchester-Nashua, NH	$100,650	$48.39	60	0.3
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$100,500	$48.32	240	0.3
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$100,450	$48.30	110	0.6
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$100,150	$48.15	40	0.1
Helena, MT	$100,140	$48.15	90	2.1
Mobile, AL	$99,680	$47.92	80	0.4
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$99,600	$47.89	240	0.1
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$99,000	$47.60	210	0.2
Toledo, OH	$98,720	$47.46	70	0.2
Rochester, NY	$98,240	$47.23	200	0.4
Pittsburgh, PA	$98,010	$47.12	300	0.3
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$97,570	$46.91	680	0.5
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	$97,260	$46.76	110	0.5
Kansas City, MO-KS	$97,180	$46.72	270	0.2
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$96,820	$46.55	590	0.2
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$96,540	$46.41	570	1.3
Green Bay, WI	$96,410	$46.35	80	0.4
Columbia, SC	$96,140	$46.22	130	0.3
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$95,740	$46.03	260	0.5
Dover, DE	$95,720	$46.02	50	0.7
Montgomery, AL	$95,370	$45.85	160	1.0
St. Louis, MO-IL	$94,980	$45.66	230	0.2
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$94,800	$45.58	80	0.2
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$94,470	$45.42	520	0.2
Rapid City, SD	$94,370	$45.37	30	0.4
Birmingham, AL	$94,330	$45.35	130	0.3
Syracuse, NY	$94,330	$45.35	220	0.7
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	$93,930	$45.16	70	0.2
Eau Claire, WI	$93,700	$45.05	30	0.4
Evansville, IN	$92,980	$44.70	50	0.4
Wichita, KS	$92,550	$44.50	40	0.1
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$92,150	$44.30	320	1.3
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$91,770	$44.12	140	0.4
Bismarck, ND	$91,600	$44.04	40	0.6
Utica-Rome, NY	$91,370	$43.93	50	0.4
Madison, WI	$90,560	$43.54	160	0.4
Topeka, KS	$89,110	$42.84	40	0.4
Chattanooga, TN-GA	$88,040	$42.33	50	0.2
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$87,470	$42.05	260	0.2
Oklahoma City, OK	$87,420	$42.03	320	0.5
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$86,670	$41.67	120	0.3
Knoxville, TN	$86,550	$41.61	190	0.4
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$86,360	$41.52	300	0.4
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	$85,420	$41.07	50	0.2
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$82,840	$39.83	100	0.1
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$82,500	$39.67	220	0.2
Tucson, AZ	$78,650	$37.81	Not published	Not published
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	$77,710	$37.36	90	0.1
Jackson, MS	$77,460	$37.24	150	0.6
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	$76,250	$36.66	100	0.3
Pueblo, CO	$63,090	$30.33	30	0.5
Charleston, WV	Not published	Not published	200	2.0
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	Not published	Not published	40	0.1
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	Not published	Not published	70	0.2
Salem, OR	Not published	Not published	30	0.2
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	Not published	Not published	460	0.3
Worcester, MA	Not published	Not published	180	0.5

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.