Highest-paying Cities for Environmental Engineering Technicians

The top 100 highest paying cities for environmental engineering technicians (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of environmental engineering technicians in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $84,090, Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is the highest paying city for environmental engineering technicians. It is followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (average annual salary $83,150). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of environmental engineering technicians in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Environmental Engineering Technicians

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$84,090	$56,480	n/a
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$83,150	$57,010	200
3	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$81,040	$63,310	50
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$79,320	$47,180	360
5	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$78,860	$39,790	390
6	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$77,660	$37,240	90
7	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$77,300	$39,530	40
8	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$75,430	$48,300	500
9	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$72,770	$54,020	120
10	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$72,430	$47,110	110
11	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$71,210	$47,410	240
12	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$70,080	$50,400	30
13	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$67,730	$55,100	40
14	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$67,320	$47,830	50
15	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$66,910	$40,170	140
16	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$66,780	$45,270	30
17	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$65,970	$39,810	110
18	Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$65,710	$45,300	30
19	Salem, Oregon	$65,380	$42,050	n/a
20	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$64,940	$37,520	50
21	Dayton, Ohio	$64,640	$35,820	50
22	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$64,180	$44,660	30
23	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$64,010	$47,230	110
24	Madison, Wisconsin	$63,040	$39,160	40
25	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$63,000	$45,080	60
26	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$62,490	$33,920	110
27	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$62,470	$52,470	n/a
28	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$62,400	$48,660	90
29	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$62,270	$39,990	60
30	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$62,200	$39,360	40
31	Provo-Orem, Utah	$61,950	$30,800	40
32	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$61,840	$38,110	30
33	Greeley, Colorado	$61,820	$43,130	40
34	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$61,790	$40,410	60
35	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$61,690	$47,230	80
36	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$61,640	$37,640	80
37	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$61,240	$36,940	170
38	Boulder, Colorado	$61,130	$40,910	30
39	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$61,030	$47,010	40
40	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$60,980	$37,020	30
41	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$60,960	$36,440	30
42	Midland, Texas	$60,730	$32,740	40
43	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$60,730	$53,130	30
44	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$60,710	$43,920	70
45	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$60,490	$39,510	100
46	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$60,360	$47,690	30
47	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$59,880	$47,260	70
48	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$59,780	$45,030	50
49	Knoxville, Tennessee	$59,710	$29,960	120
50	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$59,380	$36,660	70
51	Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area 2, Puerto Rico	$59,120	$53,530	n/a
52	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$59,000	$39,160	40
53	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$58,970	$42,640	30
54	Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$58,930	$35,690	70
55	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$58,590	$48,350	40
56	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$58,270	$47,940	170
57	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$58,080	$43,240	60
58	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$58,060	$38,770	270
59	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$58,040	$34,050	80
60	Anchorage, Alaska	$57,990	$43,440	30
61	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$57,950	$43,790	920
62	Fresno, California	$57,860	$38,970	30
63	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$57,720	$44,010	90
64	Lafayette, Louisiana	$57,610	$35,970	50
65	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$57,250	$36,620	620
66	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$57,160	$38,580	60
67	Las Cruces, New Mexico	$57,030	$22,950	n/a
68	Wilmington, New Jersey	$56,600	$32,480	40
69	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$56,570	$38,590	100
70	Casper, Wyoming	$56,440	$45,050	60
71	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$56,430	$40,020	50
72	Modesto, California	$56,270	$39,870	30
73	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$56,250	$35,970	260
74	Charleston, West Virginia	$56,060	$40,940	30
75	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$55,790	$26,140	60
76	Akron, Ohio	$55,600	$37,390	30
77	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$55,140	$31,520	30
78	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$55,030	$34,900	40
79	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$54,960	$36,930	30
80	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$54,910	$23,550	30
81	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$54,810	$35,150	270
82	Johnson City, Tennessee	$54,530	$38,030	40
83	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$54,420	$35,820	360
84	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$54,130	$37,660	90
85	Mobile, Alabama	$53,810	$36,150	50
86	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$53,800	$41,420	80
87	Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$53,750	$33,670	30
88	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$53,640	$42,000	30
89	Worcester, Massachusetts	$53,610	$30,540	50
90	Bismarck, North Dakota	$53,470	$48,390	30
91	Fairbanks, Alaska	$53,370	$29,450	40
92	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$53,020	$38,460	230
93	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$52,930	$42,350	50
94	Tucson, Arizona	$52,660	$32,590	40
95	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$52,560	$40,320	40
96	Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$52,380	$24,100	40
97	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$52,190	$32,740	60
98	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$52,000	$36,370	50
99	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$51,660	$33,990	190
100	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$51,480	$37,630	160

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for environmental engineering technicians.