Environmental Engineers Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $98K, rent takes 27.3% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,667/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new environmental engineers typically earn — is $77K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $4,598/month.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $98K locally vs. $107K nationally, a 8% difference.

Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area pays $98K median vs. the U.S. average of $107K — that’s -8%.

The median is $98,280 a year, that works out to about $47 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $76,630, and experienced environmental engineers can clear $145,740. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $6,112/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,667/month, which eats 27.3% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Upper Peninsula of Michigan 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 $98,280 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.