City of Albuquerque / Sw-Solid Waste / Senior Environmental Scientist
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
1 employees hold this title in Sw-Solid Waste. Median total compensation for the role is $39,306, above the department median of $27,428.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Albuquerque, NM area, the median wage for Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health — about 400 people — is $82,760. Sw-Solid Waste pays a median base salary of $39,306 for this role, 53% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health across every employer in the Albuquerque, NM area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Sw-Solid Waste’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health — about 89,250 people — is $82,220. Sw-Solid Waste’s median base salary is 52% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Albuquerque, NM range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Sw-Solid Waste is $39,306, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Senior Environmental Scientist is held in 2 City of Albuquerque departments. In Sw-Solid Waste, the median of $39,306 ranks #1 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Senior Environmental Scientist role in other City of Albuquerquedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 2 jurisdictions. See Senior Environmental Scientist across all of City of Albuquerque →
Median total compensation for comparable Senior Environmental Scientist roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
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Senior Environmental Scientist/Sw-Solid Waste
Charlotte Dawn is a Senior Environmental Scientist at Sw-Solid Waste. 2025 total compensation came to $39,306.