Engineering
What you can do with Environmental Engineering
Apply engineering to clean water, air, and sustainable infrastructure.
- Careers
- 3
- Early career
- $75,000
- Mid-career
- $105,000
- Growing fast
- 2 of 3
How these numbers work: A major does not have its own salary. Early and mid-career pay is what people who hold this degree earn at the start of their careers and midway through them. Career pay comes from the 3 careers an Environmental Engineering degree commonly leads to, and counts everyone in those jobs, including people who have been doing them for thirty years. The two answer different questions, which is why they do not match.
The New York Fed does not report Environmental Engineering on its own. Its early and mid-career figures here are for Miscellaneous Engineering, the broader group it places this major in.
46% of people with this degree go on to a graduate degree, so the higher-paying careers below usually mean more school after the bachelor's.
2 of 3 careers this degree leads to are projected to grow faster than average from 2024 to 2034. Of those, Civil Engineer has the most openings, about 23,600 a year.
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3 careers this degree leads to
Environmental Engineer
$107,110Engineer solutions to pollution, water quality, and waste problems that protect both people and ecosystems.
- Middle half of workers
- $83,570 to $134,420
- Growth
- About average
- Openings a year
- 3,000
Work-life47Remote67- Environmental Remediation
- Water Treatment Design
- Regulatory Compliance
- Monitoring
Civil Engineer
$100,840Design, build, and supervise infrastructure projects like roads, bridges, and water systems.
- Middle half of workers
- $79,930 to $129,680
- Growth
- Faster than average
- Openings a year
- 23,600
Work-life62Remote35Satisfaction74- Structural Analysis
- AutoCAD
- Project Management
- Geotechnical Engineering
Agricultural Engineer
$98,590Apply engineering technology and biological science to agricultural problems related to power, machinery, structures, and food processing.
- Middle half of workers
- $82,260 to $124,880
- Growth
- Faster than average
- Openings a year
- 100
Work-life65Remote30Satisfaction74- Agricultural Systems Design
- Irrigation Engineering
- Environmental Compliance
- CAD
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Where these pay figures come from
Early and mid-career pay is the median annual wage of full-time workers who hold a bachelor's degree in that major, ages 22 to 27 and ages 35 to 45, from 2024 data. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (IPUMS). Published as Outcomes by Major by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Career pay is the annual wage of everyone working in that occupation, not only recent graduates, so it includes people who have done the job for decades. The middle half is the 25th to the 75th percentile. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET OnLine (median and percentile annual wages May 2025; employment projections 2024-2034).
All figures are national. What you earn depends on where you work, who you work for, and how far you take the degree.