How much do Environmental Engineers make in Chattanooga, TN-GA?

Percentile spread

For Environmental Engineers, the published 10th percentile is $52,840 and the 90th percentile is $139,480. The difference is $86,640, which is 98.4% 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 $65,040 to the 75th at $100,820, covers $35,780.

The mean annual wage is $91,370, which sits above the median of $88,040. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Chattanooga, TN-GA median is 17.8% lower than the national median of $107,110 for Environmental Engineers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $96,256, which is 10.1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.4% lower than the Tennessee median of $97,190.

Chattanooga, TN-GA covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Tennessee, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Chattanooga, TN-GA is 91.464, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $88,040 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Environmental Engineers at $96,256 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Environmental Engineers. Chattanooga, TN-GA ranks 8th of 9 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).).

• Huntsville, AL is 80 miles away, with a median of $111,270 and employment of 100. That median is 26.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $119,553, against $96,256 here.
• Knoxville, TN is 97 miles away, with a median of $86,550 and employment of 190. That median is 1.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $93,498, against $96,256 here.
• Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is 105 miles away, with a median of $102,930 and employment of 180. That median is 16.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $106,843, against $96,256 here.

Employment share

Environmental Engineers accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Chattanooga, TN-GA (50 of 268,750). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (38,340 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.75 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.