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Environmental Engineer Salary in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas

The annual salary statistics of environmental engineers in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of environmental engineers in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$76,350
25th Percentile Wage
$86,840
50th Percentile Wage
$104,980
75th Percentile Wage
$124,550
90th Percentile Wage
$168,240

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for environmental engineers in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $168,240. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $104,980. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $76,350.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of environmental engineers from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$104,980
2.78% 16.89%
2021
$102,060
24.07% -
2020
$77,490
8.62% -
2019
$70,810
28.61% -
2018
$50,550
3.96% -
2017
$48,550
-79.71% -
2012
$87,250
- -

Table 2. Compare Environmental Engineer Salary in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $104,980 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is in the middle of salary range for environmental engineers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of environmental engineers in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is 14.3 percent (14.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Beaumont-Port Arthur and 82.4 percent (82.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying College Station-Bryan.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$122,510
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$122,050
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$116,590
Longview
$114,400
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$111,410
Corpus Christi
$106,620
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$104,980
Midland
$104,070
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$102,280
Fort Worth-Arlington
$100,030
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$99,340
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$99,260
Waco
$97,980
Victoria
$97,390
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$92,310
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$88,500
El Paso
$76,900
Amarillo
$39,300
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$27,830
College Station-Bryan
$18,460

See also: Top paying jobs in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas.