Miami-Dade County / Solid Waste Management / Biologist 2
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
1 employees hold this title in Solid Waste Management. Median total compensation for the role is $63,612, below the department median of $66,551.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL area, the median wage for Biological Scientists, All Other — about 620 people — is $97,510. Solid Waste Management pays a median base salary of $63,612 for this role, 35% below that figure — about the 24th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Biological Scientists, All Other across every employer in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Solid Waste Management’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Biological Scientists, All Other — about 55,850 people — is $98,920. Solid Waste Management’s median base salary is 36% below that national figure, about the 13th 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Solid Waste Management is $63,612, 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
Biologist 2 is held in 3 Miami-Dade County departments. In Solid Waste Management, the median of $63,612 ranks #3 of 3.
Median total compensation for the Biologist 2 role in other Miami-Dade Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 4 jurisdictions. In Miami-Dade County, the median of $66,754 ranks #3 of 4. See Biologist across all of Miami-Dade County →
Median total compensation for comparable Biologist 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.
Record list
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Biologist 2/Solid Waste Management
Source-specific fields
Maday Moreno works as a Biologist 2 for Solid Waste Management within Mdc. Maday earned $63,612 in 2026.