Rhode Island / Administration / Environmental Scientist II
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
1 employees hold this title in Administration. Median total compensation for the role is $84,046, above the department median of $23,937.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Rhode Island, the median wage for Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health — about 330 people — is $100,730. Administration pays a median base salary of $84,046 for this role, 17% below that figure — about the 30th 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 Rhode Island, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Administration’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. Administration’s median base salary is 2% above that national figure, about the 52nd 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 Rhode Island range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Administration is $84,046, 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 Scientist II is held in 5 Rhode Island departments. In Administration, the median of $84,046 ranks #1 of 5.
Median total compensation for the Environmental Scientist II role in other Rhode Islanddepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 5 jurisdictions. In Rhode Island, the median of $22,349 ranks #4 of 5. See Environmental Scientist across all of Rhode Island →
Median total compensation for comparable Environmental Scientistroles 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 Scientist II/Administration
Source-specific fields
Erin Gendreau holds the role of Environmental Scientist II at Administration. In 2024, their total compensation was $84,046.