Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health · SOC 19-4042
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health Salary in the Virginia
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Virginia
Figures describe the state of Virginia as a whole.
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health in the Virginia earned a median of $49,430 per year ($23.77 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $37,840 at the 10th percentile to $77,300 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,450 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health in the Virginia earn more than $49,430 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $43,600 and $62,060.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $37,840 | $43,600 | $49,430 | $62,060 | $77,300 |
| Hourly | $18.19 | $20.96 | $23.77 | $29.84 | $37.16 |
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
- Virginia$49,430 median for Virginia; middle half earns $43,600 to $62,060
- 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 −10% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in Virginia
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.
- Virginiathis page$49,430 median for Virginia; middle half earns $43,600 to $62,060
- $66,830 median for Charlottesville metro area; middle half earns $51,450 to $67,560
- $49,050 median for Virginia Beach metro area; middle half earns $47,260 to $77,300
- $45,800 median for Richmond metro area; middle half earns $41,090 to $56,940
- $42,850 median for Roanoke metro area; middle half earns $37,470 to $53,280
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 Virginia
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.