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What environmental technicians make
Median
$59,920
Bottom tenth
$39,910
Top tenth
$96,660
The national median is $59,920 a year, the bottom tenth earn $39,910 or less and the top tenth $96,660 or more, in the 2025 federal wage survey. The federal survey files this job under the longer title environmental engineering technologists and technicians, so the figures cover both the two-year technician and the four-year technologist doing the same work with more responsibility.