Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health · SOC 19-2041

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Healths

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for environmental scientists and specialists, including health. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 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 259 metro areas

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$129,110	300	2.3
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$127,210	1,320	0.6
3	Monroe, MI	$114,160	80	2.0
4	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$110,260	170	0.5
5	Napa, CA	$109,710	40	0.5
6	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$109,710	190	0.9
7	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$108,430	3,520	3.3
8	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$108,160	2,710	0.9
9	Redding, CA	$106,510	130	1.8
10	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$106,510	340	0.3
11	Yuba City, CA	$106,510	60	1.1
12	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$106,100	1,140	0.7
13	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$105,810	210	1.7
14	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$105,340	2,520	0.4
15	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$105,230	130	0.6
16	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$104,110	670	0.4
17	Springfield, MA	$103,930	120	0.6
18	Modesto, CA	$103,840	40	0.2
19	Worcester, MA	$103,730	200	0.6
20	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$103,610	90	0.9
21	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$102,980	2,490	1.2
22	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$102,850	160	0.6
23	Salinas, CA	$101,560	90	0.5
24	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$100,360	2,270	0.8
25	Eugene-Springfield, OR	$98,050	80	0.5

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Environmental Scientists and Specialists, 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.