Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health Salary in the US
A environmental science and protection technicians, including health earns a national median of $55,090 a year (mean $60,800) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #490 of 825.
How much does a environmental science and protection technicians, including health earn in the US?
A environmental science and protection technicians, including health in the United States earns a median of $55,090 a year (mean $60,800), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 8% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 34,670 people work in this occupation (SOC 19-4042), ranked #490 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$55,090
per year
Mean
$60,800
per year
Employment
34,670
US workers
National rank
#490
of 825 by median
What a environmental science and protection technicians, including health earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a environmental science and protection technicians, including health (SOC 19-4042) earns a median annual wage of $55,090 and a mean (average) of $60,800. The median is the midpoint — half of environmental science and protection technicians, including health earn more and half earn less — and is 8% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a environmental science and protection technicians, including health in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for environmental science and protection technicians, including health is $55,090, and the mean (average) is $60,800. The median is the midpoint — half of environmental science and protection technicians, including health earn more and half earn less.
- How does environmental science and protection technicians, including health pay compare to the US average?
- At $55,090, a environmental science and protection technicians, including health earns 8% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many environmental science and protection technicians, including health are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 34,670 environmental science and protection technicians, including health employed nationally (SOC 19-4042), across all industries.
- Where does this environmental science and protection technicians, including health salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 19-4042. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 19-4042 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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