Salary guide, May 2025
Environmental Permitting Specialist pay, United States
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The median annual wage for Occupational Health and Safety Specialists in the United States was $90,150 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2025). The middle half of workers earned between $69,560 and $111,690.
Broader occupation · SOC 19-5011 Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
BLS measures this broader occupation across industries. It does not publish a separate wage for this manufacturing title.
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $55,000 | $69,560 | $90,150 | $111,690 | $134,950 |
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $26.44 | $33.44 | $43.34 | $53.70 | $64.88 |
BLS estimated 140,610 workers employed in this occupation in the United States.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. SOC 19-5011 Occupational Health and Safety Specialists, U.S.. Official occupation data · Official area tables. Released 2026-05-15.
How does pay compare in the target metros?
| Metro | Median | 25th to 75th | Employment | Location quotient |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $93,060 | $66,110 to $125,360 | 1,520 | 0.6 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $85,490 | $64,990 to $109,300 | 920 | 0.7 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $93,340 | $66,200 to $99,290 | 1,070 | 0.84 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | $90,490 | $78,000 to $110,890 | 770 | 1.15 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $96,320 | $67,590 to $126,300 | 6,020 | 0.7 |
| Northern New Jersey within New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $96,320 | $67,590 to $126,300 | 6,020 | 0.7 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $81,000 | $61,320 to $103,130 | 3,660 | 1 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $101,630 | $79,860 to $121,880 | 2,250 | 0.55 |
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What should you know about pay by manufacturing industry, United States?
Same BLS occupation, national estimates for each manufacturing industry (NAICS) BLS publishes, May 2025. Industry names are BLS labels. Nested NAICS rows overlap; they are not independent samples and must not be added together. Identical source rows repeated at different publication levels appear once.
- Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing (NAICS 324000)$126,120
- Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (NAICS 334000)$106,960
- Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325000)$100,610
- Miscellaneous Manufacturing (NAICS 339000)$99,990
- Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing (NAICS 312000)$99,380
- Primary Metal Manufacturing (NAICS 331000)$94,900
- Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (NAICS 336000)$92,060
- Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (NAICS 335000)$91,740
- Paper Manufacturing (NAICS 322000)$90,600
- Machinery Manufacturing (NAICS 333000)$90,430
- Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing (NAICS 326000)$88,290
- Printing and Related Support Activities (NAICS 323000)$87,540
- Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (NAICS 327000)$85,470
- Food Manufacturing (NAICS 311000)$82,960
- Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (NAICS 332000)$80,510
Bars compare up to 15 non-overlapping 3-digit manufacturing subsectors with exact annual medians. More detailed scopes remain in the table, identified by code and publication level.
| NAICS / scope | Industry | Employment | 25th | Median | 75th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31-33 · sector | Manufacturing | 24,780 | $71,460 | $91,590 | $116,250 |
| 325000 · 3-digit | Chemical Manufacturing | 4,210 | $79,620 | $100,610 | $126,220 |
| 311000 · 3-digit | Food Manufacturing | 3,460 | $63,080 | $82,960 | $103,750 |
| 336000 · 3-digit | Transportation Equipment Manufacturing | 3,120 | $69,530 | $92,060 | $119,150 |
| 3250A1 · 4-digit | Chemical Manufacturing (3251, 3252, 3253, and 3259 only) | 2,870 | $82,660 | $102,710 | $127,780 |
| 332000 · 3-digit | Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing | 2,240 | $65,040 | $80,510 | $100,640 |
| 333000 · 3-digit | Machinery Manufacturing | 1,910 | $71,240 | $90,430 | $115,610 |
| 3330A1 · 4-digit | Machinery Manufacturing (3331, 3332, 3334, and 3339 only) | 1,510 | $69,910 | $88,230 | $112,190 |
| 331000 · 3-digit | Primary Metal Manufacturing | 1,350 | $73,240 | $94,900 | $119,750 |
| 326000 · 3-digit | Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing | 1,320 | $72,030 | $88,290 | $106,400 |
| 311600 · 4-digit | Animal Slaughtering and Processing | 1,160 | $55,090 | $79,290 | $97,870 |
| 334000 · 3-digit | Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing | 1,070 | $81,980 | $106,960 | $132,550 |
| 322000 · 3-digit | Paper Manufacturing | 1,060 | $73,650 | $90,600 | $104,760 |
| 326100 · 4-digit | Plastics Product Manufacturing | 1,030 | $70,400 | $89,070 | $106,760 |
| 336400 · 4-digit | Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing | 1,000 | $92,490 | $120,130 | $138,870 |
| 324000 · 3-digit | Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing | 980 | $96,050 | $126,120 | $137,910 |
| 324100 · 4-digit | Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing | 980 | $96,050 | $126,120 | $137,910 |
| 3320A2 · 4-digit | Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3323 and 3324 only) | 980 | $63,530 | $81,070 | $102,570 |
| 336300 · 4-digit | Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing | 970 | $64,310 | $81,990 | $99,540 |
| 327000 · 3-digit | Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing | 920 | $68,860 | $85,470 | $106,550 |
| 3320A1 · 4-digit | Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3321, 3322, 3325, 3326, and 3329 only) | 820 | $70,010 | $83,770 | $99,990 |
| 325400 · 4-digit | Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing | 810 | $74,840 | $99,020 | $124,130 |
| 335000 · 3-digit | Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing | 800 | $73,990 | $91,740 | $114,250 |
| 321000 · 3-digit | Wood Product Manufacturing | 760 | $57,040 | $71,920 | $93,220 |
| 322200 · 4-digit | Converted Paper Product Manufacturing | 760 | $71,030 | $88,650 | $101,370 |
| 339000 · 3-digit | Miscellaneous Manufacturing | 610 | $74,920 | $99,990 | $124,780 |
| 311900 · 4-digit | Other Food Manufacturing | 580 | $63,750 | $86,490 | $105,950 |
| 3250A2 · 4-digit | Chemical Manufacturing (3255 and 3256 only) | 530 | $77,130 | $89,320 | $109,670 |
| 334400 · 4-digit | Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing | 500 | $80,880 | $106,430 | $129,530 |
| 331100 · 4-digit | Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing | 450 | $76,530 | $101,720 | $128,140 |
| 334500 · 4-digit | Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing | 450 | $83,650 | $112,760 | $135,700 |
| 336600 · 4-digit | Ship and Boat Building | 450 | $61,700 | $76,750 | $99,710 |
| 339100 · 4-digit | Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing | 400 | $81,360 | $106,040 | $126,770 |
| 321900 · 4-digit | Other Wood Product Manufacturing | 350 | $56,310 | $69,560 | $85,660 |
| 335900 · 4-digit | Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing | 350 | $73,740 | $97,070 | $124,680 |
| 311500 · 4-digit | Dairy Product Manufacturing | 340 | $74,060 | $91,560 | $112,570 |
| 312000 · 3-digit | Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing | 340 | $80,080 | $99,380 | $119,970 |
| 311800 · 4-digit | Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing | 310 | $56,320 | $81,240 | $102,690 |
| 312100 · 4-digit | Beverage Manufacturing | 310 | $79,800 | $96,540 | $117,180 |
| 335300 · 4-digit | Electrical Equipment Manufacturing | 310 | $72,580 | $84,810 | $105,730 |
| 336100 · 4-digit | Motor Vehicle Manufacturing | 310 | $90,740 | $102,890 | $123,370 |
| 322100 · 4-digit | Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills | 300 | $81,060 | $95,900 | $122,990 |
| 336200 · 4-digit | Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Manufacturing | 290 | $58,930 | $71,710 | $89,940 |
| 311200 · 4-digit | Grain and Oilseed Milling | 280 | $80,280 | $101,420 | $121,010 |
| 311400 · 4-digit | Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing | 280 | $66,450 | $84,230 | $104,080 |
| 326200 · 4-digit | Rubber Product Manufacturing | 280 | $77,690 | $85,890 | $105,220 |
| 331500 · 4-digit | Foundries | 270 | $63,690 | $81,230 | $101,160 |
| 321200 · 4-digit | Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Wood Product Manufacturing | 250 | $56,040 | $65,220 | $88,180 |
| 337000 · 3-digit | Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing | 250 | $62,830 | $78,140 | $95,270 |
| 331400 · 4-digit | Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Production and Processing | 240 | $85,070 | $101,040 | $121,180 |
| 332800 · 4-digit | Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, and Allied Activities | 240 | $62,330 | $74,380 | $97,240 |
| 3370A1 · 4-digit | Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing (3371 and 3372 only) | 230 | $63,320 | $79,360 | $94,750 |
| 331300 · 4-digit | Alumina and Aluminum Production and Processing | 220 | $71,130 | $87,890 | $115,200 |
| 311100 · 4-digit | Animal Food Manufacturing | 210 | $65,850 | $79,270 | $101,630 |
| 339900 · 4-digit | Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing | 210 | $66,620 | $86,650 | $114,260 |
| 332700 · 4-digit | Machine Shops; Turned Product; and Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing | 200 | $63,080 | $75,740 | $99,710 |
| 333600 · 4-digit | Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing | 190 | $74,090 | $108,070 | $125,000 |
| 311300 · 4-digit | Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing | 180 | $73,000 | $85,330 | $120,610 |
| 321100 · 4-digit | Sawmills and Wood Preservation | 170 | $63,560 | $89,250 | $104,420 |
| 323000 · 3-digit | Printing and Related Support Activities | 170 | $63,330 | $87,540 | $109,040 |
| 323100 · 4-digit | Printing and Related Support Activities | 170 | $63,330 | $87,540 | $109,040 |
| 331200 · 4-digit | Steel Product Manufacturing from Purchased Steel | 170 | $64,960 | $88,600 | $113,160 |
| 333500 · 4-digit | Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing | 140 | $75,880 | $87,920 | $106,230 |
| 332710 · 5-digit | Machine Shops | 130 | $60,110 | $74,590 | $95,740 |
| 311700 · 4-digit | Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging | 120 | $39,830 | $50,900 | $74,220 |
| 335200 · 4-digit | Household Appliance Manufacturing | 120 | $76,370 | $84,280 | $99,640 |
| 313000 · 3-digit | Textile Mills | 90 | $58,910 | $76,830 | $104,160 |
| 314000 · 3-digit | Textile Product Mills | 80 | $53,640 | $60,220 | $74,300 |
| 334100 · 4-digit | Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing | 80 | $89,300 | $126,160 | $137,820 |
| 332720 · 5-digit | Turned Product and Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing | 70 | $68,020 | $84,060 | $117,290 |
| 333300 · 4-digit | Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing | 70 | $81,920 | $102,650 | $119,840 |
| 336500 · 4-digit | Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing | 60 | $79,140 | $90,550 | $104,690 |
| 313200 · 4-digit | Fabric Mills | 50 | $59,550 | $75,150 | $103,880 |
| 314100 · 4-digit | Textile Furnishings Mills | 50 | $51,360 | $66,740 | $77,770 |
| 336900 · 4-digit | Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing | 50 | $61,530 | $83,770 | $99,780 |
| 334200 · 4-digit | Communications Equipment Manufacturing | 40 | $59,330 | $96,920 | $116,260 |
What should you know about manufacturing pay mix?
For Environmental Permitting Specialist, clarify the base pay before discussing call-outs, travel or extra shifts. OEWS measures straight-time gross wages, not pure base salary or total compensation. It includes base rate, guaranteed pay, commissions and production bonuses. It excludes overtime, shift differentials, nonproduction bonuses and benefits.
An attendance bonus is not a production bonus; confirm its purpose and treatment rather than adding every bonus to the BLS figure. Skills-based pay steps affect the base rate when they are part of straight-time pay; BLS does not publish a separate rate for each plant's skill grade. Ask whether a tool allowance is expense reimbursement or wage pay. OEWS does not publish a separate tool-allowance component. Keep these items separate in the offer so the published wage is not mistaken for the whole package.
Pay mix here means how published medians for this one BLS occupation differ across manufacturing industries and against the all-industry median. It does not split pay into base, incentive or overtime. BLS wages are straight-time gross pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials and nonproduction bonuses.
What should you know about two BLS releases?
| Release period | 25th | Median | 75th |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | $64,410 | $83,910 | $105,390 |
| May 2025 | $69,560 | $90,150 | $111,690 |
These are two separate BLS estimates from different survey panels. The workers and employers behind them differ, so the gap is not like-for-like pay for the same workers and is not a growth rate. We show no percentage change.
Recruiter's read. Qualitative, not BLS data.
What should you know about a move that can hold up?
Someone working in permitting specialists working with industrial air and water requirements needs a clear reason to leave. Explain how your opening changes their responsibility for permit applications and conditions affected by plant changes. If the answer depends on authority over permit applications and conditions affected by plant changes that you cannot offer, that mismatch belongs in the conversation before an offer.
What should you know about questions?
Wages for the OEWS survey are straight-time, gross pay, exclusive of premium pay. Base rate; cost-of-living allowances; guaranteed pay; hazardous-duty pay; incentive pay, including commissions and production bonuses; and tips are included. Excluded are overtime pay, severance pay, shift differentials, nonproduction bonuses, employer cost for supplementary benefits, and tuition reimbursements.
What is the median pay for a Environmental Permitting Specialist?
The median annual wage for Occupational Health and Safety Specialists in the United States was $90,150 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2025). The middle half of workers earned between $69,560 and $111,690. This is the broader occupation BLS publishes, not a figure for this exact title.
What does the 10th percentile mean here?
10% of workers in this occupation and area earned less than $55,000. 90% earned less than $134,950.
Does this include overtime or bonuses?
Wages for the OEWS survey are straight-time, gross pay, exclusive of premium pay. Base rate; cost-of-living allowances; guaranteed pay; hazardous-duty pay; incentive pay, including commissions and production bonuses; and tips are included. Excluded are overtime pay, severance pay, shift differentials, nonproduction bonuses, employer cost for supplementary benefits, and tuition reimbursements.
Is this the pay for a Environmental Permitting Specialist at a plant?
BLS measures this broader occupation across industries. It does not publish a separate wage for this manufacturing title. These are occupation estimates across all industries, not an offer for a particular manufacturing title.
How many people work in this occupation?
BLS estimated 140,610 workers employed in this occupation in the United States.
What should you know about related?
What does this data mean for your opening?
The national median for the broader Occupational Health and Safety Specialists category is $90,150, a $6,240 change from the previous $83,910 figure. The middle-band width spans $42,130 between the 25th and 75th percentiles of $69,560 and $111,690. This data accounts for 140,610 jobs.
For Environmental Permitting Specialist in the United States, OEWS measures straight-time gross wages, not pure base salary or total compensation. Commissions and production bonuses are included; overtime, shift differentials, nonproduction bonuses and benefits are excluded. These numbers provide a general overview of the field and should not be confused with specialized technical permitting roles.
Comparing metros, New York-Newark-Jersey City reports a median of $96,320 with a middle-band width of $58,710. The Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands area records a median of $82,910 with a middle-band width of $44,090. Houston maintains a higher location quotient of 1.9, reflecting its concentration of specialized safety and environmental roles. The difference in middle-band width between the two metros shows that pay variability is higher in New York for this occupational grouping.
National industry data includes rows for Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing at $126,160 and Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing at $126,120. These manufacturing sector wages are notably higher than the overall national median. While the BLS data does not explicitly distinguish permitting-specific roles, these industry figures serve as a benchmark for high-stakes manufacturing environments. Use caution when interpreting these values, as they reflect a diverse array of tasks within each NAICS code.
Which pay questions should you settle before hiring?
For Environmental Permitting Specialist in the United States, releases are separate survey estimates. The May 2025 median is $90,150; the May 2024 median is $83,910. Their arithmetic difference is $6,240. They are not the same workers' raises and do not establish a pay trend or its cause.
What does the median change indicate about the current market?
For Environmental Permitting Specialist in the United States, releases are separate survey estimates. The May 2025 median is $90,150; the May 2024 median is $83,910. Their arithmetic difference is $6,240. They are not the same workers' raises and do not establish a pay trend or its cause.
How should I compare the Houston median to the national median?
The Houston median of $82,910 sits below the national median of $90,150. This indicates that despite the high concentration of roles, local pay norms differ from national averages.
Are the industry-specific medians reliable for specific roles?
These industry medians are broad and include various roles under the same industry code. They provide industry-level context but are not specific to an environmental permitting specialist position.
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