How much do Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health make in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN?

Percentile spread

For Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health, the published 10th percentile is $47,440 and the 90th percentile is $107,120. The difference is $59,680, which is 84.0% 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 $56,070 to the 75th at $81,240, covers $25,170.

The mean annual wage is $75,510, which sits above the median of $71,040. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN median is 13.6% lower than the national median of $82,220 for Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health. In 2024 national prices the local median is $76,326, which is 7.2% 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 Kentucky median of $71,040.

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Kentucky, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is 93.074, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $71,040 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health at $76,326 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

12 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health. Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN ranks 8th of 13 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).).

• Lexington-Fayette, KY is 69 miles away, with a median of $73,980 and employment of 50. That median is 4.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $79,643, against $76,326 here.
• Bloomington, IN is 88 miles away, with a median of $65,180 and employment of 30. That median is 8.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,550, against $76,326 here.
• Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN is 89 miles away, with a median of $67,380 and employment of 300. That median is 5.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $70,651, against $76,326 here.

Employment share

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN (100 of 685,190). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (89,250 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.25 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.