Johnson County, Kansas / Environmental Health Specialist
Role across Johnson County, Kansas
Environmental Health Specialist
Coordinate and deliver a specific program area, supporting planning, outreach, and daily operations.
12 people hold the Environmental Health Specialist role across 1 department in Johnson County, Kansas, with a median total compensation of $73,022. Among 3 jurisdictions where this role is reported, Johnson County, Kansas ranks #2 by median pay.
- Employees
- 12
- Median pay
- $73,022
- Departments
- 1
- Cross-jurisdiction
- #2 of 3
Compared with the local labor market
Environmental Health Specialist pay vs. the Kansas City, MO-KS area
Across all employers in the Kansas City, MO-KS area, the median wage for Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health — about 580 people — is $80,690. Johnson County, Kansas pays a median base salary of $73,022 for this role, 10% below that figure — about the 38th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Johnson County, Kansas sits in the local pay range
The bar is the range of annual wages for Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health across every employer in the Kansas City, MO-KS area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Johnson County, Kansas’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. Johnson County, Kansas’s median base salary is 11% below that national figure, about the 37th 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 Kansas City, MO-KS range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Johnson County, Kansas is $73,022, 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 jurisdictions
Environmental Health Specialist pay in other jurisdictions
Where Environmental Health Specialists are paid most
Median total compensation for comparable Environmental Health Specialistroles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.