Environmental Health Technician
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Environmental Health Technician occupation series (code 0698): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
Environmental Health Technician is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 92 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group family. At an average salary of $70,073 it pays below the federal average, and headcount grew from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- +3.4%
- Pay change
- -2.1%
- Avg tenure
- 13.3 yrs
- Rank in family
- #43 of 45
FedScope read on Environmental Health Technician (thin series)
For job seekers weighing career length: this series shows a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career. Headcount moved up versus the prior period, though at this small a headcount, year-to-year swings can reflect a handful of hires or departures rather than a broad hiring trend. As for pay, the latest move was a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce.
The Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group family (code 06) groups Environmental Health Technician together with 44 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Environmental Health Technician postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group family. Environmental Health Technician makes up 0.0% of the Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group family's 339,162 combined employees.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Environmental Health Technician pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$70,073
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-40.3%
Where Environmental Health Technician ranks on lean federal pay
Environmental Health Technician earns more on average than 26% of federal occupation series (140 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Environmental Health Technician sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Environmental Health Technician.
Related Occupations in Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse | 106,218 | $132,267 | 10.2 yrs |
| Medical Support Assistance | 39,856 | $58,279 | 8.2 yrs |
| Medical Officer | 34,687 | $301,569 | 11.6 yrs |
| General Health Science | 17,434 | $133,765 | 11.9 yrs |
| Practical Nurse | 16,755 | $75,898 | 10.4 yrs |
| Pharmacist | 14,529 | $167,390 | 11.1 yrs |
| Nursing Assistant | 14,498 | $55,851 | 7.8 yrs |
| Health Aid and Technician | 12,490 | $61,276 | 10.8 yrs |
| Health System Specialist | 7,966 | $110,534 | 15.9 yrs |
| Pharmacy Technician | 7,658 | $70,794 | 9.5 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this thin headcount
Two peer sets for Environmental Health Technician outside the Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar thin headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (92 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($70,073 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Environmental Health Technician pay in context with the pay-rank chart above, then compare it with another occupation.
- Turn an average salary into a grade: the GS pay grade tables show how grades and steps map to pay.
- Browse the Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Environmental Health Technician postings on USAJOBS.
OPM FedScope and Federal Workforce Data figures are federal civilian headcounts, average salaries, and length-of-service statistics - not job-quality scores, hiring advice, or a live vacancy listing. A larger or higher-paid agency is not a better employer.