Environmental Consultants


Overview

Introduction

Environmental consultants provide advice to companies and other organizations on a wide range of environmental issues such as green manufacturing, hazardous-waste remediation (disposal and cleanup), environmental disasters, sustainability initiatives, compliance, renewable energy, and water, air, and soil quality. Approximately 150,268 people were employed in the environmental consulting industry in 2023, according to a report by IBISWorld, a business information firm. Environmental consultants are also known as environmental an...

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Median Salary

$104,500

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Employment Prospects

Good

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Minimum Education Level

Bachelors Degree


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Experience

Internships


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Skills

Organizational|Research|Scientific


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Personality Traits

Curious|Problem-Solving|Helpful

Earnings

Salaries and hourly rates for environmental consultants vary widely according to experience, specialization, education, and employer. Many environmental consultants are employed by management consulting firms. Management consultants who worked for management, scientific, and technical consulting services firms had mean annual earnings of $104,500 in May 2023, according to the U.S. Department of...

Work Environment

A typical day for an environmental consultant might feature several hours working at a home office as well as time spent traveling to environmental sites to conduct investigations, to meet with business executives and government officials, and to attend conferences and events. Most consultants work at least 40 hours per week during business hours (typically Mondays through Fridays), although we...

Outlook

The outlook for environmental consultants is bright, with much faster than average job growth expected in the coming years. According to IBISWorld, most environment consulting businesses employed more workers in 2024 than they did in 2019, and numbers are projected to increase. Employment for management consultants (including environmental consultants) is expected to grow by 11 percent through ...