How much do Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health make in Redding, CA?

Percentile spread

For Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health, the published 10th percentile is $55,400 and the 90th percentile is $122,880. The difference is $67,480, which is 86.9% 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 $77,650 to the 75th at $100,610, covers $22,960.

The mean annual wage is $95,860, which sits above the median of $77,650. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Redding, CA median is 41% higher than the national median of $55,090 for Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health. In 2024 national prices the local median is $77,122, which is 40% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 26.8% higher than the California median of $61,220.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Redding, CA is 100.684, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $77,650 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health at $77,122 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health. Redding, CA ranks 1st of 5 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).).

• Reno, NV is 135 miles away, with a median of $67,880 and employment of 50. That median is 12.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,199, against $77,122 here.
• Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is 147 miles away, with a median of $57,170 and employment of 580. That median is 26.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,595, against $77,122 here.
• Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA is 161 miles away, with a median of $74,170 and employment of 80. That median is 4.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,814, against $77,122 here.

Employment share

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Redding, CA (40 of 71,550). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (34,670 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.51 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.