Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health · SOC 19-4042
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health Salary in the Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health in the Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $50,980 per year ($24.51 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $38,710 at the 10th percentile to $68,530 at the 90th. BLS estimates 40 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health in the Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area earn more than $50,980 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $38,710 and $61,000.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $38,710 | $38,710 | $50,980 | $61,000 | $68,530 |
| Hourly | $18.61 | $18.61 | $24.51 | $29.33 | $32.95 |
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.
How this area compares
- Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$50,980 median for Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $38,710 to $61,000
- Indianastate$49,020 median for Indiana; middle half earns $39,430 to $63,150
- United Statesnational$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 +4% vs Indiana overall and −7% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
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.
- Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan areathis page$50,980 median for Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $38,710 to $61,000
- $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.
Keep exploring
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 Southern 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.