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Environmental Engineers pay in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Environmental Engineers is $142,700 per year in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL. It is $126,650 per year in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX. Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL is 12.7% above Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 17-2081 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 50 wage and salary jobs in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL and 370 in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX. 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