Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
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Water/Wastewater Engineers
Water/Wastewater Engineers design or oversee projects involving provision of potable water, disposal of wastewater and sewage, or prevention of flood-related damage. Prepare environmental documentation for water resources, regulatory program compliance, data management and analysis, and field work. Perform hydraulic modeling and pipeline design.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Water/Wastewater Engineers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $55,450 to $70,260 per year or $27 to $34 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 Water/Wastewater Engineers 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%) | $70 | $144,670 |
| Senior (Top 25%) | $57 | $118,960 |
| Middle (Mid 50%) | $44 | $92,120 |
| Junior (Bottom 25%) | $34 | $70,260 |
| No experience (Bottom 10%) | $27 | $55,450 |
Highest paying states
| State | Hourly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| ID | $53 | $110,690 |
| CA | $53 | $109,380 |
| WA | $52 | $108,290 |
| TX | $52 | $108,270 |
| MN | $52 | $107,430 |
| DC | $51 | $106,900 |
| OR | $51 | $106,210 |
| NM | $50 | $103,850 |
| CT | $49 | $102,730 |
| MD | $49 | $102,540 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as a Water/Wastewater Engineer is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like ID doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at ID might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Wastewater Engineers are in the states of ID, CA, WA, TX and MN.
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