Environmental Engineer Salary in Maine

How much does an Environmental Engineer make in Maine?

As of May 18, 2021, the average salary for an Environmental Engineer in Maine is $103,122 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $50.

However, an Environmental Engineer's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $124,979
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $94,954 to $114,563
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $87,518

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Environmental Engineer Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$114,563	$9,547	$2,203	$55
Average	$103,122	$8,593	$1,983	$50
25th Percentile	$94,954	$7,913	$1,826	$46

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Key Factors That Influence Environmental Engineer Salaries

An Environmental Engineer's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Environmental Engineer Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of an Environmental Engineer's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $73,725
Early Career (1-2 years): $86,152
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $101,611
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $124,261
Expert (over 8 years): $151,768

Levels	Salary
Environme... Level Environmental Engineer	$73,725
Environme... Level Environmental Engineer	$86,152
Environme... Level Environmental Engineer	$101,611
Environme... Level Environmental Engineer	$124,261
Environme... Level Environmental Engineer	$151,768

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How Do Environmental Engineer Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Environmental Engineers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $117,345.
California: $116,900.
Massachusetts: $115,342.

District of Columbia $117,345 California $116,900 Massachusetts $115,342 Washington $114,918 New Jersey $114,875 Alaska $114,727 Connecticut $113,265 New York $112,671

Hawaii $110,774 Rhode Island $109,884 Maryland $109,280 Minnesota $108,453 Colorado $108,135 Illinois $108,029 Oregon $107,626 Delaware $107,329

New Hampshire $107,143 Virginia $106,725 Pennsylvania $105,507 Nevada $104,892 North Dakota $104,690 Michigan $104,372 Wisconsin $104,256 Vermont $104,023

Texas $103,376 Maine $103,334 Arizona $103,270 Ohio $103,196 Georgia $102,221 Indiana $101,734 Wyoming $101,638 Utah $101,490

Iowa $101,426 Kansas $100,917 Louisiana $100,769 North Carolina $100,716 Missouri $100,695 Florida $100,282 Montana $100,059 Nebraska $99,847

Kentucky $99,730 South Carolina $99,306 Tennessee $99,042 Idaho $98,936 New Mexico $98,162 Oklahoma $97,992 Alabama $97,367 South Dakota $96,318

Arkansas $95,745 West Virginia $95,438 Mississippi $94,516

Top Paying Cities for Environmental Engineers

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Freedom: $100,462
Harmony: $100,462
Hartland: $100,462

Freedom, ME $100,462 Harmony, ME $100,462 Hartland, ME $100,462 Hinckley, ME $100,462 Jackman, ME $100,462 Kingfield, ME $100,462 Liberty, ME $100,462 Madison, ME $100,462

Monroe, ME $100,886 Morrill, ME $100,462 Newport, ME $100,674 New Portland, ME $100,462 New Sharon, ME $100,462 New Vineyard, ME $100,462 Norridgewock, ME $100,462 North Anson, ME $100,462

North Vassalboro, ME $100,462 Oakland, ME $100,462 Oquossoc, ME $103,037 Palmyra, ME $100,462 Phillips, ME $103,037 Pittsfield, ME $100,462 Plymouth, ME $100,748 Rangeley, ME $103,037

Portland, ME $106,683 Falmouth, ME $106,683 South Portland, ME $106,683 Cape Elizabeth, ME $106,683 Peaks Island, ME $106,683 Cumberland Foreside, ME $106,683 Auburn, ME $105,623 Andover, ME $105,623

Bethel, ME $105,623 Bryant Pond, ME $105,623 Buckfield, ME $105,623 Canton, ME $105,623 Durham, ME $106,047 Danville, ME $105,623 Dixfield, ME $105,623 Dryden, ME $105,623

East Andover, ME $105,623 East Dixfield, ME $105,623 East Livermore, ME $105,623 East Poland, ME $105,623 Stoneham, ME $105,623 East Wilton, ME $103,037 Greene, ME $105,623 Hanover, ME $105,623

Hebron, ME $105,623 Jay, ME $105,623 Lewiston, ME $105,623 Lisbon, ME $105,623 Lisbon Falls, ME $105,623 Livermore, ME $105,623 Livermore Falls, ME $105,623 Greenwood, ME $105,623

Mechanic Falls, ME $105,623 Mexico, ME $105,623 Minot, ME $105,623 Monmouth, ME $105,623 New Gloucester, ME $105,909 Newry, ME $105,623 North Jay, ME $105,623 Leeds, ME $105,623

North Monmouth, ME $105,623 North Turner, ME $105,623 North Waterford, ME $105,623 Norway, ME $105,623 Oxford, ME $105,623 Paris, ME $105,623 Poland, ME $105,623 Roxbury, ME $105,623

Rumford, ME $105,623 Sabattus, ME $105,623 South Paris, ME $105,623 Turner, ME $105,623 Wayne, ME $105,623 Weld, ME $105,623 West Bethel, ME $105,623 Bowdoin, ME $105,623

West Minot, ME $105,623 West Paris, ME $105,623 Peru, ME $105,623 West Poland, ME $105,623 Sumner, ME $105,623 Wilton, ME $105,623 Augusta, ME $103,037 Coopers Mills, ME $103,037

Dresden, ME $105,623 East Winthrop, ME $105,623 Farmingdale, ME $105,623 Gardiner, ME $105,623 Randolph, ME $105,623 Hallowell, ME $105,623 Jefferson, ME $103,037 Kents Hill, ME $105,623

Litchfield, ME $105,623 Manchester, ME $105,623 Mount Vernon, ME $103,037 Whitefield, ME $105,623 Palermo, ME $100,462 Sebasco Estates, ME $105,835 Readfield, ME $105,623 Saint Albans, ME $100,462

South Bristol, ME $105,623 Squirrel Island, ME $105,623 Trevett, ME $105,623 Waldoboro, ME $105,623 Walpole, ME $105,623 Washington, ME $100,462 West Boothbay Harbor, ME $105,623 Southport, ME $105,623

Wiscasset, ME $105,623 Woolwich, ME $105,623 Ellsworth, ME $100,536 Addison, ME $100,462 Gouldsboro, ME $100,462 Bar Harbor, ME $100,462 Beals, ME $100,462 Bernard, ME $100,462

Birch Harbor, ME $100,462 Blue Hill, ME $100,462 Brooklin, ME $100,462 Brooksville, ME $100,462 Calais, ME $100,462 Cherryfield, ME $100,462 Columbia Falls, ME $100,462 Corea, ME $100,462

Cranberry Isles, ME $100,462 Cutler, ME $100,462 Deer Isle, ME $100,462 Dennysville, ME $100,462 East Blue Hill, ME $100,462 East Machias, ME $100,462 Eastport, ME $100,462 Franklin, ME $100,462

Frenchboro, ME $100,462 Grand Lake Stream, ME $100,462 Hancock, ME $100,462 Harborside, ME $100,462 Harrington, ME $100,462 Hulls Cove, ME $100,462 Isle Au Haut, ME $100,462 Islesford, ME $100,462

Jonesboro, ME $100,462 Jonesport, ME $100,462 Little Deer Isle, ME $100,462 Lubec, ME $100,462 Bass Harbor, ME $100,462 Machias, ME $100,462 Machiasport, ME $100,462 Meddybemps, ME $100,462

Milbridge, ME $100,462 Mount Desert, ME $100,462 Northeast Harbor, ME $100,462 Sullivan, ME $100,462 Pembroke, ME $100,462 Perry, ME $100,462 Princeton, ME $100,462 Prospect Harbor, ME $100,462

Robbinston, ME $100,462 Salsbury Cove, ME $100,462 Sargentville, ME $100,462 Seal Cove, ME $100,462 Seal Harbor, ME $100,462 Sedgwick, ME $100,462 Sorrento, ME $100,462 Southwest Harbor, ME $100,462

Steuben, ME $100,462 Stonington, ME $100,462 Sunset, ME $100,462 Surry, ME $100,462 Swans Island, ME $100,462 Wesley, ME $100,462 Whiting, ME $100,462 Winter Harbor, ME $100,462

Baileyville, ME $100,462 Houlton, ME $100,462 Ashland, ME $100,462 Benedicta, ME $100,462 Blaine, ME $100,462 Bridgewater, ME $100,462 Caribou, ME $100,462 Clayton Lake, ME $100,462

Crouseville, ME $100,462 Eagle Lake, ME $100,462 Easton, ME $100,462 Estcourt Station, ME $100,462 Fort Fairfield, ME $100,462 Fort Kent, ME $100,462 Fort Kent Mills, ME $100,462 Frenchville, ME $100,462

Grand Isle, ME $100,462 Island Falls, ME $100,462 Limestone, ME $100,462 Madawaska, ME $100,462 Mapleton, ME $100,462 Richmond, ME $105,623 South China, ME $100,462 South Gardiner, ME $105,623

Vienna, ME $103,037 Windsor, ME $103,037 Winthrop, ME $105,623 Bangor, ME $101,522 Abbot, ME $100,462 Aurora, ME $100,536 Bradford, ME $101,098 Bradley, ME $101,522

Brewer, ME $101,522 Brookton, ME $100,462 Brownville, ME $100,462 Brownville Junction, ME $100,462 Bucksport, ME $101,023 Burlington, ME $100,462 Greenbush, ME $100,886 Carmel, ME $101,310

Castine, ME $100,462 Charleston, ME $100,811 Danforth, ME $100,462 Dover Foxcroft, ME $100,462 Corinth, ME $101,310 Eddington, ME $101,522 Holden, ME $101,522 East Millinocket, ME $100,462

East Orland, ME $100,811 Etna, ME $101,172 Exeter, ME $100,960 Frankfort, ME $100,960 Greenville, ME $100,462 Greenville Junction, ME $100,462 Guilford, ME $100,462 Hampden, ME $101,522

Howland, ME $100,462 Hudson, ME $101,447 Kenduskeag, ME $101,522 Kingman, ME $100,462 Lagrange, ME $100,674 Lambert Lake, ME $100,462 Lee, ME $100,462 Levant, ME $101,522

Lincoln, ME $100,462 Mattawamkeag, ME $100,462 Medway, ME $100,462 Milford, ME $101,522 Millinocket, ME $100,462 Milo, ME $100,462 Monson, ME $100,462 Olamon, ME $100,748

Old Town, ME $101,522 Orono, ME $101,522 Orient, ME $100,462 Orland, ME $100,811 Orrington, ME $101,522 Passadumkeag, ME $100,462 Penobscot, ME $100,462 Rockwood, ME $100,462

Sangerville, ME $100,462 Sebec, ME $100,462 Shirley Mills, ME $100,462 Springfield, ME $100,462 Stetson, ME $101,023 Stillwater, ME $101,384 Topsfield, ME $100,462 Vanceboro, ME $100,462

Waite, ME $100,462 West Enfield, ME $100,462 Winn, ME $100,462 Winterport, ME $101,235 Wytopitlock, ME $100,462 Bath, ME $105,623 Alna, ME $105,623 Boothbay, ME $105,623

Boothbay Harbor, ME $105,623 Bristol, ME $105,623 Chamberlain, ME $105,623 Damariscotta, ME $105,623 East Boothbay, ME $105,623 Friendship, ME $105,623 Georgetown, ME $105,623 Isle Of Springs, ME $105,623

Bremen, ME $105,623 Newcastle, ME $105,623 New Harbor, ME $105,623 Nobleboro, ME $105,623 Edgecomb, ME $105,623 Pemaquid, ME $105,623 Phippsburg, ME $105,623 Cushing, ME $105,623

Round Pond, ME $105,623 Sandy Point, ME $100,599 Searsmont, ME $100,462 Searsport, ME $100,462 Shawmut, ME $100,462 Skowhegan, ME $100,462 Smithfield, ME $100,462 Solon, ME $100,462

Stockton Springs, ME $100,462 Stratton, ME $100,462 Strong, ME $100,462 Temple, ME $103,037 West Forks, ME $100,462 Thorndike, ME $100,462 Troy, ME $100,462 Unity, ME $100,462

Vassalboro, ME $100,462 West Farmington, ME $103,037 Berwick, ME $111,389 Cape Neddick, ME $111,537 Eliot, ME $111,632 Kittery, ME $111,632 Kittery Point, ME $111,632 North Berwick, ME $111,283

Ogunquit, ME $111,336 South Berwick, ME $111,537 York, ME $111,632 York Beach, ME $111,632 York Harbor, ME $111,632 Acton, ME $107,011 Alfred, ME $107,488 Bailey Island, ME $106,397

Bar Mills, ME $106,397 Biddeford, ME $106,185 Biddeford Pool, ME $106,259 Bowdoinham, ME $105,623 Bridgton, ME $105,623 Brownfield, ME $105,623 Brunswick, ME $105,761 Bustins Island, ME $106,471

Cape Porpoise, ME $108,061 Casco, ME $105,623 Center Lovell, ME $105,623 Chebeague Island, ME $106,683 Cliff Island, ME $106,683 Cornish, ME $105,623 Cumberland Center, ME $106,683 Denmark, ME $105,623

East Baldwin, ME $105,623 Lebanon, ME $107,679 East Parsonsfield, ME $106,068 Sebago, ME $105,623 East Waterboro, ME $107,181 Freeport, ME $106,333 Fryeburg, ME $105,623 Gorham, ME $106,683

Gray, ME $106,259 Harrison, ME $105,623 Hiram, ME $105,623 Hollis Center, ME $106,121 Kennebunk, ME $108,241 Kennebunkport, ME $108,188 Parsonsfield, ME $106,068 Limerick, ME $106,566

Limington, ME $106,280 Long Island, ME $106,683 Lovell, ME $105,623 Moody, ME $111,187 Naples, ME $105,623 Newfield, ME $106,736 North Bridgton, ME $105,623 North Waterboro, ME $106,958

Windham, ME $106,609 Ocean Park, ME $106,545 Old Orchard Beach, ME $106,609 Orrs Island, ME $106,185 Porter, ME $105,401 Pownal, ME $106,259 Scarborough, ME $106,683 Raymond, ME $105,973

Saco, ME $106,471 Sanford, ME $107,552 Sebago Lake, ME $105,761 Shapleigh, ME $107,054 South Casco, ME $106,047 South Freeport, ME $106,259 Harpswell, ME $106,185 South Windham, ME $106,683

Springvale, ME $107,435 Standish, ME $106,333 Steep Falls, ME $105,973 Topsham, ME $105,623 Waterboro, ME $107,329 Waterford, ME $105,623 Wells, ME $108,506 West Baldwin, ME $105,623

Westbrook, ME $106,683 Buxton, ME $106,185 West Kennebunk, ME $107,859 West Newfield, ME $106,492 Yarmouth, ME $106,683 North Yarmouth, ME $106,471 Mars Hill, ME $100,462 Monticello, ME $100,462

New Limerick, ME $100,462 New Sweden, ME $100,462 Oakfield, ME $100,462 Oxbow, ME $100,462 Patten, ME $100,462 Perham, ME $100,462 Portage, ME $100,462 Presque Isle, ME $100,462

Saint Agatha, ME $100,462 Saint David, ME $100,462 Saint Francis, ME $100,462 Sheridan, ME $100,462 Sherman, ME $100,462 Stacyville, ME $100,462 Sinclair, ME $100,462 Smyrna Mills, ME $100,462

Wallagrass, ME $100,462 Stockholm, ME $100,462 Van Buren, ME $100,462 Washburn, ME $100,462 Westfield, ME $100,462 Rockland, ME $100,462 Camden, ME $100,462 Glen Cove, ME $100,462

Hope, ME $100,462 Islesboro, ME $100,462 Lincolnville, ME $100,462 Lincolnville Center, ME $100,462 Matinicus, ME $103,037 Monhegan, ME $105,623 North Haven, ME $100,462 Owls Head, ME $100,462

Port Clyde, ME $105,623 Rockport, ME $100,462 South Thomaston, ME $100,462 Spruce Head, ME $103,037 Tenants Harbor, ME $105,623 Thomaston, ME $103,037 Union, ME $100,462 Vinalhaven, ME $100,462

Warren, ME $103,037 West Rockport, ME $100,462 Waterville, ME $100,462 Albion, ME $100,462 Anson, ME $100,462 Athens, ME $100,462 Belfast, ME $100,462 Belgrade, ME $103,037

Belgrade Lakes, ME $100,462 Bingham, ME $100,462 Brooks, ME $100,462 Burnham, ME $100,462 Cambridge, ME $100,462 Canaan, ME $100,462 Caratunk, ME $100,462 China Village, ME $100,462

Clinton, ME $100,462 Corinna, ME $100,599 Detroit, ME $100,536 Dexter, ME $100,462 Dixmont, ME $100,748 East Newport, ME $100,811 East Vassalboro, ME $100,462 Eustis, ME $100,462

Fairfield, ME $100,462 Farmington, ME $103,037 Garland, ME $100,748 Farmington Falls, ME $103,037

Environmental Engineer Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an Environmental Engineer's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on May 18, 2021

$94,954

Average $103,122/year

$114,563

$7,913

Average $8,593/month

$9,547

$1,826

Average $1,983/week

$2,203

$46

Average $50/hour

$55

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$114,563	$9,547	$2,203	$55
Average	$103,122	$8,593	$1,983	$50
25th Percentile	$94,954	$7,913	$1,826	$46

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