Environment professionals: salary in the UK
About £36,670 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +9.9% on last year
£3,837 a month About £3,056 a month after tax 46 thousand full-time jobs
Gross pay before tax, including bonuses, commission and overtime. Not included: benefits in kind such as a company car. About the data
Pay range
The dark part is the middle half of full-time employees (25% to 75%); the light bar runs from 10% to 90%. ONS doesn't publish the highest or lowest salary, and x means a figure wasn't published.
Pay by year
The median went from £32,887 in 2021 to £46,042 in 2026 (+40%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £21,498 | £26,280 | £32,887 | £43,335 | x |
| 2022 | £23,085 | £27,837 | £32,975 | £42,075 | x |
| 2023 | £24,603 | £30,277 | £36,336 | £42,715 | x |
| 2024 | £26,424 | £31,515 | £37,277 | £48,000 | x |
| 2025 | £27,165 | £33,000 | £41,892 | £50,883 | x |
| 2026 | £29,765 | £36,230 | £46,042 | £55,340 | x |
ONS figures for each year, not adjusted for inflation. Years before 2021 used a different occupation classification, so they can't be compared. Earlier years are ONS's revised figures; the latest is provisional.
Half of full-time employees in this occupation earn less than £46,042 a year and half earn more. That is 13% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £36,230 and £55,340; one in ten earns less than £29,765.
Ranked by median, it is number 98 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £3,056 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £3,004 in Scotland.
The median for men is £49,293 and for women £41,679, a gap of 15% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £29,765 | £2,480 |
| 20th | £33,248 | £2,771 |
| 25th (P25) | £36,230 | £3,019 |
| 30th | £38,590 | £3,216 |
| 40th | £41,799 | £3,483 |
| Median (50th) | £46,042 | £3,837 |
| 60th | £50,076 | £4,173 |
| 70th | £53,673 | £4,473 |
| 75th (P75) | £55,340 | £4,612 |
| 80th | £60,088 | £5,007 |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £49,293 | £53,273 | 29 |
| Women | £41,679 | £46,679 | 17 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £36,670 | £3,056 |
| Scotland | £36,045 | £3,004 |
After Income Tax and National Insurance for 2026 to 2027, with the standard tax code and no pension or student loan. Work out your own take-home pay · Take-home pay on £46,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 39 job titles to SOC 2152 Environment professionals. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Carbon and sustainability officer
- Contaminated land engineer
- Contaminated land specialist
- Energy manager
- Engineer
- Environment officer
- Environmental adviser
- Environmental campaigner
- Environmental chemist
- Environmental consultant
- Environmental control officer
- Environmental coordinator
- Environmental education officer
- Environmental engineer
- Environmental manager
- Environmental officer
- Environmental protection officer
- Environmental scientist
- Environmental specialist
- Environmental technician
- Environmentalist
- Flood defence officer
- Flood risk consultant
- Flood risk manager
- Flood warning manager
- Flood warning officer
- Geo environmental consultant
- Geo environmental engineer
- Geo-environmental consultant
- Geoenvironmental engineer
- Geoenvironmental specialist
- Interpretation officer
- Interpretative officer
- Landfill engineer
- Manager
- Sustainability consultant
- Sustainability manager
- Sustainability officer
- Water quality scientist
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Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 provisional, Table 14.7a (full-time employees, gross annual pay, UK, tax year ending 5 April 2026). Provisional figures may be revised.