Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $66K, rent takes 25.6% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,113/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new environmental science and protection technicians, including healths typically earn — is $40K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,421/month. At HUD’s $1,113/month FMR, rent would take 46% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Local pay is 20% above the national median — $66K here vs. $55K nationally.

Nebraska pays $66K median vs. the U.S. average of $55K — that’s +20%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 90.05), the purchasing-power equivalent is $74K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $66,240 a year, that works out to about $32 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $40,350, and experienced environmental science and protection technicians, including healths can clear $89,040. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $4,354/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,113/month, which eats 25.6% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Nebraska has a Regional Price Parity of 90.05 (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 science and protection technicians, including health salary is worth about $73,559 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.