Environmental Engineer salary
What an environmental engineer actually earns, from 211 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 2026-09-06.
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 108,611 dollars, with the typical middle running from 87,992 dollars to 138,566 dollars. The official OEWS median is 104,170 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 17 percent since 2019. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is civil engineer, at 21 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 Biologist/Physical Scientist/Environmental Engineer at Bureau of Safety and Environmental EnforcementJefferson, Louisiana$126k–$164k2d agoApply- EHS Manager at BYDUxbridge, Greater London2d agoApply
Environmental Engineer - Water/Wastewater (Denver) at Burns & McDonnellDenver, CO3d agoApply- EHS Specialist at Thoratec Switzerland GmbHZürich, Zürich, Switzerland3d agoApply
Ingeniero/a SSHE – Especialista Ambiental at UnileverCosta Rica3d agoApply
Environmental Analyst at Vinci ConstructionEngland3d agoApply
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$87,992$108,611$138,566
- United Kingdom$46,047$53,402$68,090
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 8'730/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 21 Naturwissenschaftler, Mathematiker und Ingenieure: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 104'760 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Oregon$130,370
- California$127,660
- Louisiana$123,210
- Washington$115,770
- Hawaii$105,230
- Virginia$103,480
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness an environmental engineer profile already covers.
- 43 open aerospace engineer roles$129,497 median · +$20,886 · 16% readiness
- 600 open project manager roles$126,568 median · +$17,957 · 12% readiness
- 15 open building envelope consultant roles$117,052 median · +$8,441 · 27% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for an environmental engineer.
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Related salaries
- Civil Engineer salary$95,550 median
- Structural Engineer salary$105,915 median
- Aerospace Engineer salary$129,497 median
Quick answers
How much does an environmental engineer make?
The blended US median is about 108,611 dollars, with a typical range from 87,992 dollars to 138,566 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 21 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 211 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.