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Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians pay in Illinois and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians is $51,540 per year in Illinois. It is $100,050 per year in Washington. Illinois is 48.5% below Washington on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 17-3025 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 80 wage and salary jobs in Illinois and 270 in Washington. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings