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

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health Salary in the Durham Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area

Figures describe the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Durham city limits.

Median annual wage$62,650
Median hourly wage$30.12

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area earned a median of $62,650 per year ($30.12 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $46,310 at the 10th percentile to $80,290 at the 90th. BLS estimates 130 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health in the Durham metro area earn more than $62,650 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $50,670 and $65,850.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$46,310$50,670$62,650$65,850$80,290
Hourly$22.27$24.36$30.12$31.66$38.60

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

  • Durham metro areathis metro area
    $62,650
  • North Carolinastate (NC)
    $51,630
  • United Statesnational
    $55,090

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

The median here is +21% vs North Carolina overall and +14% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$28,880$49,493$70,107$90,720Hattiesburg, MS — $28,880San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $34,370Ponce, PR — $37,910Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $39,250Albany, GA — $39,430Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $39,520Paducah, KY-IL — $41,130Roanoke, VA — $42,850Longview, TX — $44,010McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $44,490Tulsa, OK — $44,520Mobile, AL — $44,790Evansville, IN — $45,360Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $45,760Richmond, VA — $45,800Corpus Christi, TX — $45,810Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $45,990Terre Haute, IN — $46,030Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $46,460El Paso, TX — $46,490Birmingham, AL — $46,750Wilmington, NC — $46,830Lexington-Fayette, KY — $46,840Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $46,950Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $47,270Lubbock, TX — $47,720Kansas City, MO-KS — $47,880College Station-Bryan, TX — $47,990Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $48,010Traverse City, MI — $48,040Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $48,050Jacksonville, FL — $48,050Savannah, GA — $48,080Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $48,130Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $48,310Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $48,470Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $48,530Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $48,680Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $48,700Springfield, MO — $48,830Wheeling, WV-OH — $48,980Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $49,050Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $49,170Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $49,430Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $49,630Midland, TX — $49,710North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $49,730Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $49,810Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $49,930St. Louis, MO-IL — $50,080Gainesville, FL — $50,330Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $50,420Urban Honolulu, HI — $50,640Port St. Lucie, FL — $50,700Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $50,850New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $50,920San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $51,000Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $51,050Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $51,220Columbia, SC — $51,290Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $51,310Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $51,400Pittsburgh, PA — $51,480Huntsville, AL — $51,500Champaign-Urbana, IL — $51,570Tucson, AZ — $51,660Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $51,880Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $52,180Columbus, OH — $52,310Greensboro-High Point, NC — $52,380Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $53,030Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $53,110Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $53,290Peoria, IL — $53,590Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $53,780Syracuse, NY — $54,320Anchorage, AK — $55,090Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $55,220Rochester, NY — $55,320Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $55,530Winston-Salem, NC — $55,810Eugene-Springfield, OR — $56,150Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $56,410Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $56,430Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $57,150Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $57,170Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $57,600Raleigh-Cary, NC — $57,890Madison, WI — $57,920Ogden, UT — $58,000San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $58,320Worcester, MA — $58,410Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $58,480Beckley, WV — $58,510Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $58,650Charleston, WV — $59,090Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $59,250Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $59,290Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $59,320Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $59,440Oklahoma City, OK — $59,540Lincoln, NE — $59,700Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $59,710Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $60,020Cleveland, OH — $60,110Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $60,260Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $60,380Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $60,380Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $60,420Fairbanks-College, AK — $60,990Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $61,050New Haven, CT — $61,150Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $61,200Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $61,210Greeley, CO — $61,370Colorado Springs, CO — $61,540Portland-South Portland, ME — $61,990Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $62,280Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $62,440Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $62,480Bismarck, ND — $62,640Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $62,650New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $62,650Fort Wayne, IN — $62,710Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $62,850Springfield, MA — $63,190Iowa City, IA — $63,690Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $64,830Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $64,990Vallejo, CA — $65,090Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $65,870Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $66,000Omaha, NE-IA — $66,240Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $66,340Charlottesville, VA — $66,830Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $67,630Boise City, ID — $67,680Reno, NV — $67,880San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $68,900Modesto, CA — $69,900Albuquerque, NM — $70,600Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $74,170Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $74,410Visalia, CA — $77,390Redding, CA — $77,650Fresno, CA — $77,840Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $77,860San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $80,840Duluth, MN-WI — $89,040San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $90,720

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 Durham metro area has the 28th-highest published median for this occupation among the 150 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 North Carolina

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.

  • Durham metro areathis page
    $62,650
  • Raleigh metro area
    $57,890
  • Winston-Salem metro area
    $55,810
  • Charlotte metro area
    $55,530
  • Greensboro metro area
    $52,380
  • Wilmington metro area
    $46,830

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:

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$96,430Biological Scientists, All Other$98,700Chemists$81,580Biological Technicians$58,400Life Scientists, All Other$105,850Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$82,840

Highest-paying metro areas for environmental science and protection technicians, including healths · Highest-paying occupations in Durham 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.