How much do Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians make in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH?

Percentile spread

For Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $46,930 and the 90th percentile is $84,270. The difference is $37,340, which is 58.6% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $48,290 to the 75th at $84,270, covers $35,980.

The mean annual wage is $66,660, which sits above the median of $63,720. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH median is 6.3% higher than the national median of $59,920 for Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $58,855, which is 1.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.7% lower than the Massachusetts median of $66,860.

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Massachusetts, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 108.266, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $63,720 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians at $58,855 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH ranks 3rd of 4 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Worcester, MA is 49 miles away, with a median of $77,180 and employment of 40. That median is 21.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $75,281, against $58,855 here.
• Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY is 150 miles away, with a median of $52,190 and employment of 60. That median is 18.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,417, against $58,855 here.
• New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 189 miles away, with a median of $65,790 and employment of 500. That median is 3.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,447, against $58,855 here.

Employment share

Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (200 of 2,703,890). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (12,190 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.94 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.