Maine / Department of Health&Human Services Dhhs / Environmental Specialist II
Job-title file
Coordinate and deliver a specific program area, supporting planning, outreach, and daily operations.
2 employees hold this title in Department of Health&Human Services Dhhs. Median total compensation for the role is $36,232, below the department median of $69,418.
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 Health&Human Services Dhhs pays a median base salary of $53,891 for this role, 19% below that figure — about the 20th 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 Health&Human Services Dhhs’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 Health&Human Services Dhhs’s median base salary is 34% below that national figure, about the 12th 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 44 of 62 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 Health&Human Services Dhhs is $55,203, 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 II is held in 5 Maine departments. In Department of Health&Human Services Dhhs, the median of $36,232 ranks #4 of 5.
Median total compensation for the Environmental Specialist II 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 II/Department of Health&Human Services Dhhs
Source-specific fields
Andrew Hunt holds the role of Environmental Specialist II at Department of Health&Human Services Dhhs. In 2024, their total compensation was $71,926.
Environmental Specialist II/Department of Health&Human Services Dhhs
Source-specific fields
At Department of Health&Human Services Dhhs, Rachel Sukeforth serves as a Environmental Specialist II. Their 2023 pay totaled $538.