Florida / Department Environmental Protection / Environmental Specialist II
Job-title file
Environmental Specialist II
Coordinate and deliver a specific program area, supporting planning, outreach, and daily operations.
230 employees hold this title in Department Environmental Protection. Median total compensation for the role is $48,630, below the department median of $52,530.
- Employees
- 230
- Total payroll
- $11.5M
- Role median
- $48,630
- Agency median
- $52,530
- Comparison
- Below
What the records show
Role pay distribution
Pay distribution for this role
How total compensation varies among the 230 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Environmental Specialist II pay vs. Florida
Across all employers in Florida, the median wage for Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health — about 5,950 people — is $60,830. Department Environmental Protection pays a median base salary of $52,530 for this role, 14% below that figure — about the 33rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Department Environmental Protection 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 Florida, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department Environmental Protection’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. Department Environmental Protection’s median base salary is 36% below that national figure, about 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 Florida range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Department Environmental Protection is $52,530, 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 Florida
Environmental Specialist II is held in 8 Florida departments. In Department Environmental Protection, the median of $48,630 ranks #5 of 8.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Environmental Specialist II role in other Floridadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Environmental Specialist beyond Florida
This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. In Florida, the median of $48,661 ranks #7 of 7. See Environmental Specialist across all of Florida →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Environmental Specialistroles 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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