2026 Australian Environmental Salary Survey
If you're wondering whether you're being paid fairly, setting salary budgets for your team, or planning your next career move, the 2026 Australian Environmental Salary Survey provides one of the most detailed salary benchmarking resources available for the environmental sector in Australia.
Produced by Gather Recruitment, this inaugural survey is based on responses from 440 environmental professionals across Australia and provides salary data across a range of disciplines, employer types, career levels and locations.
The report includes salary data for:
- Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Approvals
- Contaminated Land
- Water and Hydrogeology
- Ecology (Fauna)
- Ecology (Flora)
- Sustainability
- GIS and Spatial
The survey also examines:
- Salary by career level
- Salary by employer type
- Salary by state
- Benefits and perks
- Flexible working arrangements
- Superannuation
- Gender pay trends
- Pay sentiment and employee confidence
Why We Created This Survey
As specialist recruiters working across Environment and Water, Mining and Resources, and Engineering, we are regularly asked questions such as:
- What is the market salary for an Environmental Consultant?
- How much should a Senior Ecologist earn?
- What are Hydrogeologists being paid in mining?
- How do consulting salaries compare with government?
- What salary should we offer to attract the right candidate?
We created this report to help employers make informed hiring decisions and to help candidates better understand their value in the market.
Who Should Read This Report?
This report will be valuable for:
- Environmental Professionals - Benchmark your salary against peers with similar experience, discipline and location.
- Hiring Managers - Set realistic remuneration packages and improve your ability to attract and retain staff.
- HR and Talent Acquisition Teams - Build salary bands and workforce planning strategies using current market data.
- Business Leaders - Understand the salary pressures shaping the environmental sector and how they may affect recruitment and retention
The full 2026 Australian Environmental Salary Survey contains more than 30 pages of salary data, analysis and commentary covering:
- 440 environmental professionals
- 7 technical specialisms
- 4 major states
- 3 employer categories
- Career levels from Graduate to Senior Manager
Download the Full Report...
Salary Survey
About Gather Recruitment
Gather Recruitment is a Perth-based specialist recruitment company supporting the Environment and Water, Mining and Resources, Engineering and Technical sectors across Australia.
With more than 20 years of recruitment experience, we work closely with environmental consultancies, mining companies, government agencies and infrastructure organisations to help connect talented professionals with great opportunities.
If you'd like advice on salaries, hiring trends or workforce planning, feel free to get in touch.
Email:
careers@gatherrecruitment.com.au
Phone:
(08) 9288 1707
