Environmental Engineer I

Across all employers in Rhode Island, the median wage for Environmental Engineers — about 200 people — is $101,140. Department of Environmental Management pays a median base salary of $28,938 for this role, 71% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Computed over the 26 of 43 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in 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 Environmental Management is $25,891, 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.

Environmental Engineer I is held in 2 Rhode Island departments. In Department of Environmental Management, the median of $19,767 ranks #1 of 2.

This role is reported in 12 jurisdictions. In Rhode Island, the median of $25,643 ranks #11 of 12. See Environmental Engineer across all of Rhode Island →

• Administrative Officer 6
• Administrator Envirnmtal Protect Department of Environmental Management 9
• Agriculture Marketing Specialist Department of Environmental Management 8
• Air Quality Specialist I 7
• Air Quality Specialist II 9
• Applications Coordinator Department of Environmental Management 10
• Assistant Regional Park Manager D P R 6
• Chief Implementation Aide 14
• Chief Program Development 6
• Deputy Administrator Envmntl Prot Department of Environmental Management 9
• Dispatch System Operator Department of Environmental Management 14
• Environmental Engineer II 12
• Environmental Engineer III 14
• Environmental Engineer IV 9
• Environmental Engineering Asso 5
• Environmental Police Officer 2 Department of Environmental Management 5
• Environmental Police Officer I Department of Environmental Management 20
• Environmental Policy Analyst II 8
• Environmental Scientist I 32
• Environmental Scientist II 33
• Environmental Scientist III 21
• Environmental Scientist IV 8
• Fee Collector I Parking Lots 8
• Information Aide 6
• Lifeguard I 9
• Lifeguard II 7
• Lifeguard III 26
• Management Area Ranger II 10
• Nat Res Oper Technician I Department of Environmental Management 30
• Park Manager Division of Parks Recreation 9
• Park Naturalist 33
• Park Ranger I 71
• Park Ranger II 171
• Park Ranger III 57
• Principal Biologist Marine 11
• Programming Services Officer 18
• Seas Agricultural Health Safety Intern 13
• Seas Agricultural Marketing Superintendent Inter 7
• Seas Nat Res Operations Assistant 69
• Seas Naturalist Program Coordinator 6
• Seas Plant Health Superintendent Intern 15
• Seas Recreation Safe Inspector Flt Bch Manager 5
• Seas Visitor Services Assistant 34
• Seas Water Monit Field Int 15
• Seasonal Beach Manager 30
• Seasonal Facility Oper Reve 7
• Seasonal Forest Health Intern 6
• Seasonal Groundskeeper 8
• Seasonal Research Assistant 41
• Seasonal State Lifeguard 151
• Seasonal Supervising Lifeguard 30
• Seasonal Technician Support Intern 36
• Senior Maintenance Technician 20
• State Park District Manager D 7
• State Park Manager Department of Environmental Management 8
• State Pk Assistant District Manager Department of Environmental Management 8
• Student Researcher 9
• Wildlife Recovery Seasonal Ast 6