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Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health · SOC 19-2041

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health Salary in the Ithaca Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Ithaca, NY metro area

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

Median annual wage$78,790
Median hourly wage$37.88

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health in the Ithaca, NY metro area earned a median of $78,790 per year ($37.88 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $61,500 at the 10th percentile to $105,370 at the 90th. BLS estimates 50 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health in the Ithaca metro area earn more than $78,790 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $69,260 and $84,310.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$61,500$69,260$78,790$84,310$105,370
Hourly$29.57$33.30$37.88$40.53$50.66

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

  • Ithaca metro areathis metro area
    $78,790
  • New Yorkstate (NY)
    $82,160
  • United Statesnational
    $82,220

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

The median here is −4% vs New York overall and −4% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$50,510$76,710$102,910$129,110San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $50,510Erie, PA — $50,810Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $51,290Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $51,500Hattiesburg, MS — $52,690Tallahassee, FL — $53,910Port St. Lucie, FL — $55,330Gainesville, FL — $55,910Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $57,010Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $57,620Jackson, MS — $57,990Flint, MI — $58,350South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $58,570Springfield, MO — $58,660Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $58,970Punta Gorda, FL — $59,100Dover, DE — $59,370Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $59,560Jefferson City, MO — $59,760Bangor, ME — $60,110Jacksonville, FL — $60,380Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $60,850St. Louis, MO-IL — $61,050Fort Wayne, IN — $61,090Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $61,690Lewiston, ID-WA — $61,880Topeka, KS — $61,880Fayetteville, NC — $61,940Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $62,680North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $63,220Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $63,750Lincoln, NE — $64,450Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $64,520Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $64,600Naples-Marco Island, FL — $64,640Evansville, IN — $64,700Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $64,840Amarillo, TX — $64,970Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $65,010Bloomington, IN — $65,180Boulder, CO — $65,260Champaign-Urbana, IL — $65,360Pittsburgh, PA — $65,360Wilmington, NC — $65,360Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $65,450Omaha, NE-IA — $65,790Appleton, WI — $66,300Lancaster, PA — $66,310Reading, PA — $66,730Coeur d'Alene, ID — $66,810Cleveland, OH — $66,890Winston-Salem, NC — $67,030Canton-Massillon, OH — $67,220Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $67,380Altoona, PA — $67,410Monroe, LA — $67,800Lake Charles, LA — $67,920Rapid City, SD — $68,260Jackson, TN — $68,390Montgomery, AL — $68,850Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $68,920Greensboro-High Point, NC — $69,450Green Bay, WI — $69,470Baton Rouge, LA — $69,560Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $69,930Lafayette, LA — $70,070Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $70,820Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $71,040Eau Claire, WI — $71,760Pocatello, ID — $72,160Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $72,340Idaho Falls, ID — $72,360Lubbock, TX — $72,400Birmingham, AL — $72,510Akron, OH — $72,530Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $72,730Asheville, NC — $72,960Traverse City, MI — $73,500Lexington-Fayette, KY — $73,980Casper, WY — $74,060Charleston, WV — $74,090Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $74,240Mobile, AL — $74,260Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $74,300Harrisonburg, VA — $74,450La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $74,990Rochester, NY — $75,160Roanoke, VA — $75,330Portland-South Portland, ME — $75,340Manhattan, KS — $75,360Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $75,400Johnson City, TN — $75,400Knoxville, TN — $75,420Cheyenne, WY — $75,430New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $75,430Boise City, ID — $75,440Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $75,500Jacksonville, NC — $75,890Athens-Clarke County, GA — $76,200Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $76,280Reno, NV — $76,320Tucson, AZ — $76,330McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $76,400Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $76,400Binghamton, NY — $76,460Longview, TX — $76,460York-Hanover, PA — $76,500Madison, WI — $76,520Yakima, WA — $76,560Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $76,700Chattanooga, TN-GA — $76,840Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $76,900Salisbury, MD — $77,000Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $77,130Fargo, ND-MN — $77,240Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $77,280Oklahoma City, OK — $77,400Bay City, MI — $77,440Syracuse, NY — $77,450Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $77,710Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $77,800Charlottesville, VA — $77,850Missoula, MT — $77,940Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $78,010Huntsville, AL — $78,110Utica-Rome, NY — $78,170Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $78,320Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $78,600Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $78,690Corpus Christi, TX — $78,770Iowa City, IA — $78,780Ithaca, NY — $78,790Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $79,010Grand Junction, CO — $79,040Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $79,060Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $79,480Urban Honolulu, HI — $79,510Bozeman, MT — $80,260Richmond, VA — $80,350Visalia, CA — $80,360Midland, TX — $80,450Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $80,600Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $80,640Kansas City, MO-KS — $80,690Logan, UT-ID — $80,700Tulsa, OK — $80,700Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $80,900Medford, OR — $81,070Toledo, OH — $81,070Wichita, KS — $81,180Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $81,190Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $81,220Flagstaff, AZ — $81,330New Haven, CT — $81,340Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $81,350Raleigh-Cary, NC — $81,400Lexington Park, MD — $81,520Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $81,600Helena, MT — $81,940Duluth, MN-WI — $82,050Ann Arbor, MI — $82,060Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $82,100Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $82,220Columbus, OH — $82,350Mankato, MN — $82,350Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $82,370Kingston, NY — $82,610Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $82,640Albuquerque, NM — $82,760Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $82,840Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $82,900Decatur, AL — $83,120Corvallis, OR — $83,210Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $83,720Yuma, AZ — $83,780Waco, TX — $84,670Warner Robins, GA — $84,670Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $84,890Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $85,180Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $85,210Columbia, SC — $85,300Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $85,310New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $85,510Ogden, UT — $86,180Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $86,200Manchester-Nashua, NH — $86,380Las Cruces, NM — $86,630Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $86,700Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $86,700Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $86,700Cedar Rapids, IA — $86,800College Station-Bryan, TX — $87,220Bellingham, WA — $87,270Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $87,270Bismarck, ND — $87,350Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $87,820Santa Fe, NM — $87,920El Paso, TX — $87,930Dalton, GA — $88,370Pittsfield, MA — $88,510Killeen-Temple, TX — $88,610Fairbanks-College, AK — $88,640Billings, MT — $89,010Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $89,090Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $89,220Tyler, TX — $89,500Greeley, CO — $89,840Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $90,340Anchorage, AK — $90,960Chico, CA — $91,210Battle Creek, MI — $91,560Jackson, MI — $91,640Columbus, GA-AL — $92,170San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $92,350Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $93,070Bend, OR — $93,560Springfield, IL — $93,590Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $94,030Rochester, MN — $94,580Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $95,170Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $95,200El Centro, CA — $95,630Vallejo, CA — $95,750Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $95,780Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $96,030Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $96,100Barnstable Town, MA — $96,630Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $96,780Fresno, CA — $97,040Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $97,330Colorado Springs, CO — $97,460Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $97,860Eugene-Springfield, OR — $98,050Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $98,050Salem, OR — $98,050Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $100,360Salinas, CA — $101,560Stockton-Lodi, CA — $102,850Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $102,980Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $103,610Worcester, MA — $103,730Modesto, CA — $103,840Springfield, MA — $103,930Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $104,110Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $105,230Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $105,340San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $105,810San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $106,100Redding, CA — $106,510San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $106,510Yuba City, CA — $106,510Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $108,160Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $108,430Napa, CA — $109,710Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $109,710Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $110,260Monroe, MI — $114,160San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $127,210Kennewick-Richland, WA — $129,110

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 Ithaca metro area has the 128th-highest published median for this occupation among the 259 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 New York

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

  • Ithaca metro areathis page
    $78,790
  • New York metro area
    $85,510
  • Kiryas Joel metro area
    $84,890
  • Watertown metro area
    $82,640
  • Kingston metro area
    $82,610
  • Albany metro area
    $79,480
  • Utica metro area
    $78,170

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:

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other$46,640Biological Technicians$60,900Biological Scientists, All Other$88,610Clinical and Counseling Psychologists$117,860School Psychologists$78,930Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other$69,660

Highest-paying metro areas for environmental scientists and specialists, including healths · Highest-paying occupations in Ithaca 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.