Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health Salary

It’s a stretch — at the median salary of $78K, rent takes 30% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,488/month. The 30% guideline puts the comfortable ceiling at roughly $1,500/month in rent — so roommates or a 1-bedroom would ease the math significantly.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new environmental science and protection technicians, including healths typically earn — is $37K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,531/month.

Local pay is 42% above the national median — $78K here vs. $55K nationally.

Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area pays $78K median vs. the U.S. average of $55K — that’s +42%.

The median is $78,340 a year, that works out to about $38 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $36,730, and experienced environmental science and protection technicians, including healths can clear $94,690. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $4,967/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,488/month, which eats 30% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Northwest Minnesota 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 science and protection technicians, including health salary is worth about $78,340 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.