Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health · SOC 19-4042
Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Healths
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas
Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for environmental science and protection technicians, including health. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (3 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 150 metro areas
| # | Metro area | Median annual | Employment | Per 1,000 jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | $90,720 | 40 | 0.3 |
| 2 | Duluth, MN-WI | $89,040 | 50 | 0.4 |
| 3 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $80,840 | 690 | 0.3 |
| 4 | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | $77,860 | 90 | 0.4 |
| 5 | Fresno, CA | $77,840 | 400 | 0.8 |
| 6 | Redding, CA | $77,650 | 40 | 0.5 |
| 7 | Visalia, CA | $77,390 | 30 | 0.2 |
| 8 | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $74,410 | 100 | 0.4 |
| 9 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $74,170 | 80 | 0.4 |
| 10 | Albuquerque, NM | $70,600 | 230 | 0.6 |
| 11 | Modesto, CA | $69,900 | 90 | 0.5 |
| 12 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $68,900 | 160 | 0.1 |
| 13 | Reno, NV | $67,880 | 50 | 0.2 |
| 14 | Boise City, ID | $67,680 | 110 | 0.3 |
| 15 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $67,630 | 200 | 0.1 |
| 16 | Charlottesville, VA | $66,830 | 70 | 0.6 |
| 17 | Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | $66,340 | 90 | 0.4 |
| 18 | Omaha, NE-IA | $66,240 | 80 | 0.2 |
| 19 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | $66,000 | 50 | 0.5 |
| 20 | Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | $65,870 | 80 | 0.3 |
| 21 | Vallejo, CA | $65,090 | 50 | 0.3 |
| 22 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $64,990 | 160 | 0.3 |
| 23 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $64,830 | 110 | 0.2 |
| 24 | Iowa City, IA | $63,690 | 110 | 1.1 |
| 25 | Springfield, MA | $63,190 | 40 | 0.2 |
Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health 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.