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Environmental Engineers · SOC 17-2081

Environmental Engineers Salary in the Charleston Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro area

Figures describe the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Charleston city limits.

Median annual wage$86,670
Median hourly wage$41.67

Environmental Engineers in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro area earned a median of $86,670 per year ($41.67 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $45,540 at the 10th percentile to $136,990 at the 90th. BLS estimates 120 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Environmental Engineers in the Charleston metro area earn more than $86,670 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $67,100 and $102,180.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$45,540$67,100$86,670$102,180$136,990
Hourly$21.89$32.26$41.67$49.12$65.86

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Charleston metro areathis metro area
    $86,670
  • South Carolinastate (SC)
    $96,140
  • United Statesnational
    $107,110

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −10% vs South Carolina overall and −19% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$63,090$89,627$116,163$142,700Pueblo, CO — $63,090Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $76,250Jackson, MS — $77,460San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $77,710Tucson, AZ — $78,650Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $82,500Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $82,840Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $85,420Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $86,360Knoxville, TN — $86,550Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $86,670Oklahoma City, OK — $87,420Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $87,470Chattanooga, TN-GA — $88,040Topeka, KS — $89,110Madison, WI — $90,560Utica-Rome, NY — $91,370Bismarck, ND — $91,600Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $91,770Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $92,150Wichita, KS — $92,550Evansville, IN — $92,980Eau Claire, WI — $93,700Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $93,930Birmingham, AL — $94,330Syracuse, NY — $94,330Rapid City, SD — $94,370Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $94,470Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $94,800St. Louis, MO-IL — $94,980Montgomery, AL — $95,370Dover, DE — $95,720Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $95,740Columbia, SC — $96,140Green Bay, WI — $96,410Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $96,540Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $96,820Kansas City, MO-KS — $97,180Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $97,260Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $97,570Pittsburgh, PA — $98,010Rochester, NY — $98,240Toledo, OH — $98,720Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $99,000Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $99,600Mobile, AL — $99,680Helena, MT — $100,140Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $100,150Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $100,450Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $100,500Manchester-Nashua, NH — $100,650Richmond, VA — $100,760Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $101,140Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $102,110York-Hanover, PA — $102,260Portland-South Portland, ME — $102,270Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $102,390Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $102,590Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $102,630Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $102,630Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $102,930Albuquerque, NM — $102,970Raleigh-Cary, NC — $102,980Binghamton, NY — $103,150Springfield, IL — $103,190Cheyenne, WY — $103,230Boulder, CO — $103,530Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $105,370Springfield, MA — $105,430Tulsa, OK — $105,470Savannah, GA — $105,800Anchorage, AK — $106,870Duluth, MN-WI — $107,120Mankato, MN — $107,120Appleton, WI — $107,170Barnstable Town, MA — $107,270Lexington-Fayette, KY — $107,830Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $107,880New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $107,910Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $107,930Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $107,950Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $108,180Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $108,240Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $109,050Ann Arbor, MI — $109,140Boise City, ID — $109,350Fairbanks-College, AK — $109,410Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $109,620Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $109,880Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $109,970Urban Honolulu, HI — $110,010Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $110,520Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $110,700Huntsville, AL — $111,270North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $111,630Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $111,710New Haven, CT — $113,290Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $113,960Akron, OH — $114,280Colorado Springs, CO — $114,500Jacksonville, FL — $115,210Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $115,390Billings, MT — $115,550Cleveland, OH — $115,720Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $115,750Rochester, MN — $115,750Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $117,360Lincoln, NE — $117,640Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $118,320Ogden, UT — $118,810Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $118,860Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $119,000Pittsfield, MA — $119,190Omaha, NE-IA — $119,260San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $119,390Fresno, CA — $119,400Reno, NV — $120,050Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $120,580Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $121,230Tallahassee, FL — $121,390Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $122,380Midland, TX — $123,060San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $123,710Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $124,920Corpus Christi, TX — $125,330San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $125,550Gainesville, FL — $126,440Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $126,650Salinas, CA — $126,670Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $127,080Columbus, OH — $127,190Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $127,340Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $127,900Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $128,410Decatur, AL — $129,290Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $129,390San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $129,780Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $130,270Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $133,240Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $135,240Vallejo, CA — $136,640Baton Rouge, LA — $138,000Stockton-Lodi, CA — $138,700San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $138,840Kennewick-Richland, WA — $140,060Redding, CA — $140,570Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $141,560Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $142,700

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Charleston metro area has the 138th-highest published median for this occupation among the 148 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in South Carolina

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for environmental engineers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Charleston metro areathis page
    $86,670
  • Columbia metro area
    $96,140
  • Greenville metro area
    $93,930

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Civil Engineers$98,740Industrial Engineers$110,830Mechanical Engineers$110,820Electrical Engineers$110,030Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians$86,370Electronics Engineers, Except Computer$135,410

Highest-paying metro areas for environmental engineerss · Highest-paying occupations in Charleston Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.