Illinois · 2025 pay · 232 people
How much does an environmental protection engineer make in Illinois?
$86,450typical pay for a environmental protection engineer in 2025
$75,250 – $106,000what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 2.6% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Illinois Comptroller · Matches the agency's latest release · illinoiscomptroller.gov ↗
Where environmental protection engineers work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Pay by level
Levels with 5 or more people.
- Environmental Protection Engineer I45 people$41,000
- Environmental Protection Engineer II49 people$78,800
- Environmental Protection Engineer III128 people$103,900
- Environmental Protection Engineer IV10 people$117,850
Highest-paid environmental protection engineers, 2025
- 1Jaime RabinsEnvironmental Protection Engineer IV · Environmental Protection Agency$141,900
- 2Daniel RowellEnvironmental Protection Engineer IV · Environmental Protection Agency$138,100
- 3Matthew TalbertEnvironmental Protection Engineer IV · Environmental Protection Agency$136,100
- 4Jenny LarsenEnvironmental Protection Engineer IV · Environmental Protection Agency$134,600
- 5Nicole WilsonEnvironmental Protection Engineer IV · Environmental Protection Agency$119,200
Common questions
How much does an environmental protection engineer make in Illinois?
The typical environmental protection engineer was paid $86,450 in 2025; most earned between $75,250 and $106,000. This counts all 232 people paid, including part-year workers.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Environmental Protection Engineer, at any level (for example "Environmental Protection Engineer I"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this