The annual salary statistics of environmental engineers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of environmental engineers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $57,200 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $74,980 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $101,500 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $123,450 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $148,830 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for environmental engineers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $148,830. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $101,500. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $57,200.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of environmental engineers from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $101,500 | -5.86% | 9.49% |
| 2016 | $107,450 | 0.33% | - |
| 2015 | $107,100 | 3.17% | - |
| 2014 | $103,710 | 1.33% | - |
| 2013 | $102,330 | 10.22% | - |
| 2012 | $91,870 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $101,500 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale is in the middle of salary range for environmental engineers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of environmental engineers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale is 23.2 percent (23.2%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 64.6 percent (64.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Yuba City.