Environmental practitioners - Check your salary against the market

These benchmarks come straight from our 2026 Australian Environmental Salary Survey - real base salaries from 440 environmental professionals.

1. Pick the industry or employer - consulting, mining and industry, or government. Leave it on "Any" to see the whole market.
2. Pick the specialism - EIA and approvals, contaminated land, water and hydrology, and so on.
3. Add your years of experience, and you'll get a specific recommended range for someone at your level.

The number to focus on is the typical range - the middle half of the market, with the very top and bottom earners stripped out. That's the figure worth quoting.

The table underneath shows the full career ladder from graduate through to manager if you want to see how pay moves with seniority.

All figures are base salary in Australian dollars and don't include superannuation - groups with fewer responses are flagged where the numbers get thin.

Want to talk through your own number, or what you should be paying for a role? Get in touch - (08) 9288 1707 or careers@gatherrecruitment.com.au.