Maine / Department of Transportation / Environmental Specialist III
Job-title file
Coordinate and deliver a specific program area, supporting planning, outreach, and daily operations.
14 employees hold this title in Department of Transportation. Median total compensation for the role is $46,574, below the department median of $75,429.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 14 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
Across all employers in Maine, the median wage for Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health — about 530 people — is $66,480. Department of Transportation pays a median base salary of $54,916 for this role, 17% below that figure — about the 22nd 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 Maine, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Transportation’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 of Transportation’s median base salary is 33% 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 Maine range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 15 of 20 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Department of Transportation is $55,732, 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
Environmental Specialist III is held in 5 Maine departments. In Department of Transportation, the median of $46,574 ranks #4 of 5.
Median total compensation for the Environmental Specialist III role in other Mainedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. In Maine, the median of $53,575 ranks #6 of 7. See Environmental Specialist across all of Maine →
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.
Record list
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Environmental Specialist III/Department of Transportation
Source-specific fields
Cara O'Donnell holds the role of Environmental Specialist III at Department of Transportation. In 2024, their total compensation was $86,124.
Environmental Specialist III/Department of Transportation
Source-specific fields
Deborah Moore is a Environmental Specialist III at Department of Transportation. 2024 total compensation came to $81,886.