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Environmental Engineers pay in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL and North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Environmental Engineers is $142,700 per year in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL. It is $111,630 per year in North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL. Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL is 27.8% above North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL 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 50 in North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL. 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.