Environmental Compliance Specialist

What Does a Professional in this Career Do?

An Environmental Compliance Specialist performs environmental audits and advises companies on compliance with state, local and federal environmental regulations. Investigates company waste disposal, industrial hygiene and pesticide use practices and policies, advises on compliance issues and reports violations as needed.

Job Outlook

There were 168 Environmental Compliance Specialist job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 6944 in the United States.

In combination with other careers in the Environmental Compliance Specialist industry, which includes the Environmental Compliance Specialist career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2015:

Salary

Many new Environmental Compliance Specialist jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.

National

The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $70,479.

State

The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $73,072.

Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Environmental Compliance Specialist postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $51,022.

Education and Experience

Posted Environmental Compliance Specialist jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.

Education Level	Percentage
Associate's Degree	5.53%
Bachelor's Degree	53.97%
Master's Degree	16.07%
Doctoral Degree	2.79%
Other	10.31%

Posted Environmental Compliance Specialist jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.

Years of Experience	Percentage
0 to 2 years	30.09%
3 to 5 years	41.8%
6 to 8 years	12.35%
9+ years	15.75%

Skills

Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Environmental Compliance Specialist positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.

Baseline Skills

A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.

Management (29.8%)
Communication (28.18%)
Planning (16.85%)
Operations (16.66%)
Writing (15.51%)
Leadership (14.37%)
Customer Service (13.23%)
Coordinating (12.69%)
Research (11.28%)
Microsoft Office (10.21%)

Defining Skills

A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.

Environmental Science (42.7%)
Environmental Compliance (44.61%)

Necessary Skills

A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.

Hydraulic Engineering (8.77%)
Biology (20.05%)
Water Quality (11.13%)
Air Quality (15.47%)
Regulatory Compliance (17.05%)
Hydrology (11.59%)
Environmental Permitting (19.21%)
Pollution Prevention (13.28%)
Environmental Resource Management (10.44%)
Environmental Engineering (20.16%)
Waste Management (8.55%)
Environmental Planning (12.73%)
Stormwater Management (20.53%)
Construction (13.24%)
Wastewater (12.69%)
Project Management (28.07%)
Environmental Issue (5.93%)
Environmental Health (4.03%)
Environmental Laws (26.2%)
Environment Health And Safety (10.97%)
Environmental Monitoring (2%)
Environmental Management Systems (3.41%)
Auditing (16.1%)

Salary Boosting Skills

A professional who wishes to excel in this career path may consider developing the following highly valued skills. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is listed.

Environmental Compliance (100%)

Alternative Job Titles

Sometimes employers post jobs with Environmental Compliance Specialist skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:

Environmental Permitting Specialist
Environmental Inspector
Teacher
Compliance Specialist
Environmental Manager
Environmental Compliance Inspector
Environmental Regulatory Specialist
Environmental Services Lead
Management Specialist

Similar Occupations

If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.

Common Employers

Here are the employers that have posted the most Environmental Compliance Specialist jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.

United States

CDM Smith (514)
KinderCare Education (212)
Black & Veatch (192)
Jacobs Engineering Group (76)
Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania (73)
AECOM (67)
Cadmus International Limited (54)
State of Minnesota (53)
Randstad (52)
Stantec (48)

North Carolina

Black & Veatch (21)
CDM Smith (16)
Kleinfelder (5)
Oak Ridge Associated Universities (5)
Dell Technologies (3)
U.S Environmental Protection Agency (3)
Dine Development Corporation (3)
State of North Carolina (3)
Path Light Pro (2)
Enviva Lp (2)

NC State Programs Relevant to this Career

If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!

All wages, job posting statistics, employment trend projections, and information about skill desirability on this page represents historical data and does not guarantee future conditions. Data is provided by and downloaded regularly from Lightcast. For more information about how Lightcast gathers data and what it represents, see Lightcast Data: Basic Overview on Lightcast's Knowledge Base website.

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