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Environmental Engineer Salary in Nassau-Suffolk, New York

The annual salary statistics of environmental engineers in Nassau-Suffolk, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of environmental engineers in Nassau-Suffolk is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Environmental Engineers in Nassau-Suffolk, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$52,930
25th Percentile Wage
$62,870
50th Percentile Wage
$89,040
75th Percentile Wage
$123,590
90th Percentile Wage
$155,860

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for environmental engineers in Nassau-Suffolk, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $155,860. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $89,040. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $52,930.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of environmental engineers from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$89,040
1.81% 0.77%
2016
$87,430
-0.17% -
2015
$87,580
-0.57% -
2014
$88,080
-4.02% -
2013
$91,620
3.57% -
2012
$88,350
- -

Table 2. Compare Environmental Engineer Salary in Nassau-Suffolk with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $89,040 in Nassau-Suffolk is in the middle of salary range for environmental engineers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of environmental engineers in Nassau-Suffolk is 11.3 percent (11.3%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 23.7 percent (23.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Watertown-Fort Drum.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$100,390
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$99,370
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$91,430
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$89,380
Nassau-Suffolk
$89,040
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$84,740
Syracuse
$83,090
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$82,450
Rochester
$82,190
Utica-Rome
$80,360
Binghamton
$79,640
Glens Falls
$78,060
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$77,670
Kingston
$75,780
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$75,210
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$74,590
Watertown-Fort Drum
$67,960