Environmental Engineers Salary in Madison, WI

Environmental Engineers pay range in Madison

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $75,770 a year or less, while the top 10% make $137,720 or more. The middle half of environmental engineers in Madison earn between $81,040 and $104,600.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Environmental Engineers salary after taxes in Madison

On the average salary of $100,570, a single filer in Madison takes home about $75,120 a year, or $6,260 a month and $2,889 every two weeks. Taxes take 25% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

Is Madison a good place for environmental engineers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Madison area are 3% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 97.3), so the average $100,570 buys what about $103,375 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Madison ($58,080). A typical home costs $452,769, or 4.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Environmental Engineers salary in other Wisconsin cities

Madison ranks 4th of 5 Wisconsin metro areas for this job; Appleton pays the most ($116,990).

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Highest-paying cities for environmental engineers

Baton Rouge, LA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($144,100).

Environmental Engineers salary by city

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• Materials Engineers$119,240 a year
• Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers$116,160 a year
• Engineers, All Other$116,110 a year
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• Industrial Engineers$106,900 a year
• Mechanical Engineers$103,480 a year
• Civil Engineers$102,270 a year
• Computer Hardware Engineers$102,140 a year

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