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

How much do Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians make in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?

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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is $105,070. The 10th percentile is $57,260 and the 90th percentile is $109,220. Employment is 190.

Median annual wage

$105,070

10th percentile
$57,260
25th percentile
$79,320
Median
$105,070
75th percentile
$109,220
90th percentile
$109,220
Mean
$94,410

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Denali transit bus driver Gary at Teklanika Rest Stop, August 29, 2019. Photograph by Emily Mesner, National Park Service. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $57,260 and the 90th percentile is $109,220. The difference is $51,960, which is 49.5% 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 $79,320 to the 75th at $109,220, covers $29,900.

The mean annual wage is $94,410, which sits below the median of $105,070. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA median is 75.4% higher than the national median of $59,920 for Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $94,544, which is 57.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5% higher than the Washington median of $100,050.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 111.133, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $105,070 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians at $94,544 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ranks 1st of 2 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).).

  • Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is 134 miles away, with a median of $88,790 and employment of 120. That median is 15.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $84,224, against $94,544 here.

Employment share

Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (190 of 2,086,210). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (12,190 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.16 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is $105,070. The 10th percentile is $57,260 and the 90th percentile is $109,220. Employment is 190.

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

The local median is 75.4% higher than the national median of $59,920.

What is Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians pay in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 111.133, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $105,070 is $94,544. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA compare with nearby metros for Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians?

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 134 miles away, at $88,790. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.