Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians Salary

It’s a stretch — at the median salary of $44K, rent takes 45.5% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,347/month. The 30% guideline puts the comfortable ceiling at roughly $900/month in rent — so roommates or a 1-bedroom would ease the math significantly.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new environmental engineering technologists and technicians typically earn — is $40K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,418/month. At HUD’s $1,347/month FMR, rent would take 56% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Local pay runs 27% below the national median — $44K here vs. $60K nationally. Cost of living is 9% below the national average, which narrows that gap in real purchasing power.

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers pays $44K median vs. the U.S. average of $60K — that’s -27%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 91.35), the purchasing-power equivalent is $48K — below the national median.

The median is $43,540 a year, that works out to about $21 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $40,300, and experienced environmental engineering technologists and technicians can clear $56,880. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $2,958/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,347/month, which eats 45.5% of your paycheck. That's above the 30% rule of thumb, housing will be a stretch at the median salary, though you can manage with roommates or a smaller place.

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers has a Regional Price Parity of 91.35 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median environmental engineering technologists and technicians salary is worth about $47,663 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.