Highest-paying Cities for Environmental Engineers

The top 100 highest paying cities for environmental engineers (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 engineers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $164,410, Rapid City, South Dakota is the highest paying city for environmental engineers. It is followed by Tucson, Arizona (average annual salary $137,300). 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 engineers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Rapid City, South Dakota	$164,410	$62,420	40
2	Tucson, Arizona	$137,300	$65,370	180
3	Los Alamos County, New Mexico	$135,790	$100,290	30
4	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$134,960	$85,020	70
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$132,170	$81,760	980
6	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$128,020	$62,840	60
7	Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$127,670	$54,830	40
8	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$127,210	$60,220	30
9	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$126,470	$81,540	60
10	Redding, California	$123,720	$91,150	40
11	Idaho Falls, Idaho	$122,840	$67,060	80
12	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$122,510	$75,230	60
13	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$122,050	$80,580	930
14	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$121,620	$82,020	1,400
15	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$119,530	$81,230	270
16	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$118,680	$98,410	700
17	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$118,620	$76,130	120
18	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$116,590	$73,290	30
19	Longview, Texas	$114,400	$58,320	n/a
20	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$114,180	$70,190	730
21	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$113,590	$76,650	870
22	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$113,430	$65,870	40
23	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$112,850	$68,410	30
24	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$111,660	$80,430	110
25	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$111,410	$79,750	60
26	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$111,180	$69,590	30
27	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$111,050	$62,150	830
28	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$110,340	$71,990	260
29	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$110,240	$69,590	110
30	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$109,350	$78,730	60
31	St Marys County, Maryland	$108,590	$81,190	60
32	Fresno, California	$108,300	$74,940	180
33	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$108,180	$68,140	750
34	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$108,040	$74,540	260
35	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$107,720	$66,240	60
36	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$106,950	$81,650	100
37	Corpus Christi, Texas	$106,620	$76,440	50
38	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$106,550	$73,550	30
39	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$106,530	$72,740	730
40	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$106,390	$63,230	50
41	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$106,360	$77,910	60
42	New Haven, Connecticut	$106,030	$52,540	40
43	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$105,560	$53,490	110
44	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$105,280	$55,950	500
45	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$105,120	$73,090	90
46	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$105,070	$65,330	790
47	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$104,980	$76,350	210
48	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$104,110	$73,830	2,030
49	Midland, Texas	$104,070	$78,420	50
50	Decatur, Alabama	$103,870	$66,610	40
51	Knoxville, Tennessee	$103,620	$62,900	370
52	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$103,230	$56,230	50
53	Olympia, Washington	$102,810	$74,590	120
54	Memphis, Tennessee	$102,340	$62,570	140
55	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$102,290	$61,220	90
56	Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$102,280	$77,150	40
57	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$102,140	$71,320	460
58	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$102,130	$67,270	120
59	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$101,520	$67,400	50
60	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$101,500	$57,200	2,040
61	Mobile, Alabama	$101,450	$59,810	70
62	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$101,370	$62,810	230
63	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$101,370	$51,250	150
64	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$101,130	$63,590	400
65	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$101,090	$54,610	840
66	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$100,840	$61,860	150
67	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$100,700	$58,240	200
68	Stockton, California	$100,680	$63,740	80
69	Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$100,680	$57,620	30
70	Anchorage, Alaska	$100,490	$68,830	160
71	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$100,480	$63,450	1,280
72	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$100,390	$63,800	2,240
73	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$100,240	$74,110	1,010
74	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$100,030	$55,670	180
75	Billings, Montana	$99,990	$61,230	30
76	Huntsville, Alabama	$99,850	$57,560	110
77	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$99,840	$65,940	70
78	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$99,800	$61,830	300
79	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$99,690	$68,070	60
80	Springfield, Massachusetts	$99,640	$57,790	90
81	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$99,370	$62,340	390
82	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$99,340	$50,670	540
83	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$99,260	$71,410	470
84	Dayton, Ohio	$99,220	$61,210	60
85	East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$99,170	$33,940	50
86	Worcester, Massachusetts	$99,050	$59,400	80
87	Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$98,950	$59,290	60
88	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$98,890	$46,260	140
89	Manchester, New Hampshire	$98,710	$65,120	70
90	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$98,680	$48,900	50
91	Wichita, Kansas	$98,650	$61,040	70
92	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida	$98,520	$60,680	40
93	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$98,460	$63,440	1,000
94	Reading, Pennsylvania	$98,430	$52,170	30
95	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$98,160	$62,490	530
96	Auburn-Opelika, Alabama	$98,080	$58,820	30
97	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$98,070	$72,230	40
98	Waco, Texas	$97,980	$54,520	n/a
99	Fairbanks, Alaska	$97,960	$62,920	30
100	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$97,920	$60,670	420

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for environmental engineers.