Compared with the local labor market
Environmental Engineer pay vs. the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area
Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Environmental Engineers — about 890 people — is $127,900. Public Works - Engineering pays a median base salary of $159,300 for this role, 25% above that figure — about the 85th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Public Works - Engineering sits in the local pay range
$77,700
$101,970
$127,900
$141,960
$167,490
Public Works - Engineering median · $159,300
The bar is the range of annual wages for Environmental Engineers across every employer in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Public Works - Engineering’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Environmental Engineers — about 38,340 people — is $107,110. Public Works - Engineering’s median base salary is 49% above that national figure, about the 88th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$69,990
$83,570
$107,110
$134,420
$162,220
Public Works - Engineering median · $159,300
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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Public Works - Engineering is $178,694, 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
This role across City of Los Angeles
Environmental Engineer is held in 2 City of Los Angeles departments. In Public Works - Engineering, the median of $178,694 ranks #2 of 2.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Environmental Engineer role in other City of Los Angelesdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Environmental Engineer beyond City of Los Angeles
This role is reported in 12 jurisdictions. In City of Los Angeles, the median of $186,174 ranks #1 of 12. See Environmental Engineer across all of City of Los Angeles →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Environmental Engineerroles 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.