Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
Environmental Compliance Inspectors
Environmental Compliance Inspectors inspect and investigate sources of pollution to protect the public and environment and ensure conformance with Federal, State, and local regulations and ordinances.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Environmental Compliance Inspectors with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $40,160 to $52,670 per year or $19 to $25 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Environmental Compliance Inspectors to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
Level | Hourly | Annual |
---|---|---|
Highest (Top 10%) | $55 | $115,220 |
Senior (Top 25%) | $46 | $95,330 |
Middle (Mid 50%) | $34 | $71,100 |
Junior (Bottom 25%) | $25 | $52,670 |
No experience (Bottom 10%) | $19 | $40,160 |
Highest paying states
State | Hourly | Annual |
---|---|---|
DC | $46 | $96,700 |
NJ | $43 | $89,130 |
MA | $41 | $86,270 |
CT | $41 | $85,830 |
CA | $41 | $84,600 |
MN | $41 | $84,510 |
AK | $40 | $84,000 |
DE | $40 | $82,930 |
NY | $39 | $81,790 |
RI | $39 | $81,380 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as an Environmental Compliance Inspector is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like DC doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at DC might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Environmental Inspectors are in the states of DC, NJ, MA, CT and CA.
Highest paying industries
Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
---|---|---|
Metal Ore Mining | $111580 | $53.65 |
Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing | $98650 | $47.43 |
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities | $94200 | $45.29 |
Scientific Research and Development Services | $93380 | $44.90 |
Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing | $92940 | $44.68 |
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution | $92870 | $44.65 |
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing | $92410 | $44.43 |
Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil | $92090 | $44.28 |
Natural Gas Distribution | $91950 | $44.20 |
Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing | $90820 | $43.66 |
Legal Services | $90660 | $43.59 |
Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services | $90140 | $43.34 |
Monetary Authorities-Central Bank | $88110 | $42.36 |
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing | $87980 | $42.30 |
Postal Service (Federal Government) | $87260 | $41.95 |
Federal Executive Branch | $86730 | $41.70 |
Computer Systems Design and Related Services | $86710 | $41.69 |
Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing | $86560 | $41.62 |
Telecommunications | $86140 | $41.41 |
Oil and Gas Extraction | $86130 | $41.41 |
Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing | $85940 | $41.32 |
Communications Equipment Manufacturing | $85310 | $41.01 |
Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing | $85180 | $40.95 |
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing | $85000 | $40.87 |
Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas | $84700 | $40.72 |
Other Pipeline Transportation | $84120 | $40.44 |
Rail Transportation | $83830 | $40.30 |
Waste Treatment and Disposal | $83700 | $40.24 |
Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations | $83530 | $40.16 |
Cable and Other Subscription Programming | $82700 | $39.76 |