SOC 17-3025 · Architecture and Engineering Occupations · May 2025

How much do Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians make in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is $57,150. The 10th percentile is $36,250 and the 90th percentile is $75,960. Employment is 670.

Median annual wage

$57,150

10th percentile
$36,250
25th percentile
$45,030
Median
$57,150
75th percentile
$63,810
90th percentile
$75,960
Mean
$58,260

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $36,250 and the 90th percentile is $75,960. The difference is $39,710, which is 69.5% 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 $45,030 to the 75th at $63,810, covers $18,780.

The mean annual wage is $58,260, which sits above the median of $57,150. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX median is 4.6% lower than the national median of $59,920 for Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $57,944, which is 3.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Texas median of $57,150.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 98.629, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $57,150 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians at $57,944 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX ranks 1st of 3 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).).

  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 141 miles away, with a median of $53,080 and employment of 60. That median is 7.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $54,127, against $57,944 here.
  • San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX is 198 miles away, with a median of $55,200 and employment of 100. That median is 3.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,279, against $57,944 here.

Employment share

Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX (670 of 3,289,720). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (12,190 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.60 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians make in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is $57,150. The 10th percentile is $36,250 and the 90th percentile is $75,960. Employment is 670.

How does that compare with the national median for Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians?

The local median is 4.6% lower than the national median of $59,920.

What is Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians pay in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 98.629, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $57,150 is $57,944. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX compare with nearby metros for Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians?

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 141 miles away, at $53,080. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX ranks 1st of 3 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.