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What is Environmental Health Career?

A program that focuses on the application of environmental sciences, public health, the biomedical sciences, and environmental toxicology to the study of environmental factors affecting human health, safety, and related ecological issues, and prepares individuals to function as professional environmental health specialists. Includes instruction in epidemiology, biostatistics, toxicology, public policy analysis, public management, risk assessment, communications, environmental law, occupational health and safety emergency response, and applications such as air quality, food protection, radiation protection, solid and hazardous waste management, water quality, soil quality, noise abatement, housing quality, and environmental control of recreational areas
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Average Wage by Jobs after Environmental Health Program

Next jobs are possible career after earning Environmental Health certificate/degree. The average wage is based on the latest employment and wage data (May 2022) from Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
The average annual wage of Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary career is $127,640 and, for Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists, the average annual income is $110,670.
Environmental Health Careers and its Average Wage (as of May 2023)
Job TitleHourly WageAnnual Wage
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary-$127,640
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$53.21$110,670
Epidemiologists$41.29$85,880
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$40.30$83,820
Climate Change Policy Analysts$40.30$83,820
Environmental Restoration Planners$40.30$83,820
Industrial Ecologists$40.30$83,820
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$39.47$82,110
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians$30.40$63,230
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