Environmental Engineer salary
What a environmental engineer actually earns, from 327 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-07-23.
Switch the market above to see environmental engineer pay in the 2 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
An environmental engineer earns a blended US median near 103,880 dollars, with the typical middle running from 81,738 dollars to 138,397 dollars. The official OEWS median is higher, 104,170 dollars, because job ads skew toward the roles that pay below the occupation-wide average. The official trend has moved up about 17 percent since 2019. By seniority, posted pay runs from roughly 69,182 dollars to 106,331 dollars. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is civil engineer, at 19 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open environmental engineer roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
- Supervisory Environmental ScientistNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Silver Spring, Maryland$169k–$197kJul 21
- Junior Environmental Engineer/ScientistNiyam IT · United StatesRemoteJul 19
- Environmental EngineerEDC · United StatesRemoteJul 19
- Archologist/Biologist/Ecologist/General/Environmental Eng/Physical Scientist/Geologist/OceanographerU.S. Army Corps of Engineers · Multiple Locations$106k–$158kJul 16
- SUPERVISORY ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERUnited States Fleet Forces Command · Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia$128k–$166kJul 16
- ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERU.S. Marine Corps · Kaneohe, Hawaii$80k–$100kJul 16
By seniority
Posted-median pay by seniority signal in the title, from our corpus. Noisy at the edges where sample sizes are small.
By country
- United States$81,738 – $138,397 · median $103,880
- United Kingdom$45,708 – $59,219 · median $48,936
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Californiamedian $127,660
- Washingtonmedian $115,770
- Hawaiimedian $105,230
- Virginiamedian $103,480
- Utahmedian $99,180
- New Jerseymedian $98,980
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Related salaries
- Civil Engineer salary$92,518 median
- Structural Engineer salary$106,599 median
- Facilities Manager salary$95,609 median
Quick answers
How much does an environmental engineer make?
The blended US median is about 103,880 dollars, with a typical range from 81,738 dollars to 138,397 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 104,170 dollars.
What can an environmental engineer move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is civil engineer, at 19 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 17-2081. Live corpus 327 observations, 2026-07-23. Definitions in the glossary.