Environmental Engineers Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $106K, rent takes 19.9% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,371/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new environmental engineers typically earn — is $71K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $4,279/month.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $106K locally vs. $107K nationally, a 1% difference.

Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area pays $106K median vs. the U.S. average of $107K — that’s -1%.

The median is $105,740 a year, that works out to about $51 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $71,320, and experienced environmental engineers can clear $138,610. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $6,898/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,371/month, which eats 19.9% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area has a Regional Price Parity of 100 (100 is the national average). That's right at the national average. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median environmental engineers salary is worth about $105,740 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.