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 of $117,339, and headcount grew 3.4% from the prior period.
- Employees
- 92
- Share of workforce
- 0.0%
- Avg salary
- $70,073
- Avg tenure
- 13.3 yrs
FedScope read on Environmental Health Technician (thin series)
0.0% of the federal civilian workforce (1,953,300 employees total, June 2026) works in the Environmental Health Technician occupation (OPM code 0698): 92 people, headcount up 3.4% 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.
The average salary for Environmental Health Technician is $70,073 per year. Salaries moved down by -2.1% from the prior period, a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce. Average length of service in this role is 13.3 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.
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.
Within the Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group family, Environmental Health Technician ranks #43 of 45 by headcount, accounting for 0.0% of the family's combined 339,162 employees.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Environmental Health Technician pay compares to the federal average of $117,339
Occupation Average
$70,073
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-40.3%
Where Environmental Health Technician ranks on lean federal pay
Its average salary of $70,073 is higher 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; Environmental Health Technician ranks higher than 26%.
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
- Environmental Health Technician pays below the federal average by 40.3% ($70,073 vs $117,339 federal-wide), at the 26th percentile for pay among 541 tracked occupation series.
- A smaller, specialized federal occupation by headcount: 92 employees, 0.0% of the federal civilian workforce, and headcount grew 3.4% from the prior period.
- According to OPM FedScope June 2026, Environmental Health Technician ranks #482 of 663 federal occupation series by headcount (the same employee_count ordering as our occupations directory).
- Within the Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group family, Environmental Health Technician ranks #43 of 45 by headcount, accounting for 0.0% of the family's combined 339,162 employees.
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.