12 Environmental & Compliance Jobs

Nationally, Environmental / Compliance Officer roles in the waste industry average $31.00 per hour, about $65,000 a year. Most positions fall between $23.08 and $42.31 per hour; those hourly figures are converted from annual pay at 2,080 hours per year, not separately surveyed. Check each listing for the posted rate.

Exempt salaried positions with no overtime. Workload is cyclical instead, peaking around permit renewals, annual regulatory reporting deadlines and agency inspections, and incidents can require after-hours response.

Compliance work is credential-gated rather than experience-gated at the very bottom: employers generally expect an environmental science, engineering or related degree, and the entry-level titles are compliance technician, EHS coordinator or environmental analyst rather than officer. Graduates with no industry background are hired into those junior roles, but there is no route in without the academic or certification foundation.

Environmental and compliance professionals are salaried, exempt staff outside the bargaining unit. Pay tracks degree level, certifications such as CHMM, and permitting experience rather than a negotiated scale, which is why credentials move earnings more here than tenure does.

In-house compliance roles are full-time and salaried. Part-time and fractional arrangements exist mainly on the consulting side, where specialists cover permitting and reporting for several smaller operators at once rather than for a single employer.

Based on current listings on this site, the most openings are in Knoxville, TN (2). Listing counts change as jobs are filled and new ones are posted.