Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health · SOC 19-4042

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health Salary in the Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.

Median annual wage$48,240
Median hourly wage$23.19

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health in the Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $48,240 per year ($23.19 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $35,260 at the 10th percentile to $70,500 at the 90th. BLS estimates 50 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health in the Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area earn more than $48,240 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $38,710 and $59,600.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$35,260$38,710$48,240$59,600$70,500
Hourly$16.95$18.61$23.19$28.66$33.90

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

  • Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area
    $48,240 median for Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $38,710 to $59,600
  • Indianastate
    $49,020 median for Indiana; middle half earns $39,430 to $63,150
  • $55,090 median for United States; middle half earns $45,820 to $69,910

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

The median here is −2% vs Indiana overall and −12% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Other metro areas in Indiana

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for environmental science and protection technicians, including health, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Central Indiana nonmetropolitan areathis page
    $48,240 median for Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $38,710 to $59,600
  • $62,710 median for Fort Wayne metro area; middle half earns $54,090 to $63,100
  • $49,810 median for Indianapolis metro area; middle half earns $41,800 to $63,590
  • $46,030 median for Terre Haute metro area; middle half earns $42,120 to $50,980
  • $45,360 median for Evansville metro area; middle half earns $36,180 to $57,730

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

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

Highest-paying metro areas for environmental science and protection technicians, including healths · Highest-paying occupations in Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area

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.