Side-by-side distribution
Environmental Scientist
$91,250
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 31.9%
- Live roles
- 207
Physicist
$191,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 39.2%
- Live roles
- 232
Highest-paying jobs
Environmental Principal - Principal Environmental Consultant
Environmental Principal - Principal Environmental Consultant
Senior Environmental Scientist or Engineer
Senior Managing Consultant, Environmental Services
Principal Consultant, Environmental Health & Safety (EHS)
Principal Technical Consultant, Environmental Health and Safety (EHS)
Environmental Consultant – Senior Level – Mining Focus (Hybrid)
Principal Consultant, Environmental FERC Project Manager
Complex Claims Unit Environmental - Claim Consultant or Specialist
Principal Ecologist – Energy
Highest-paying jobs
Dir, Chief Medical Physicist Therapy
Multiple Faculty Physicist positions, Radiotherapy Physics Division, Department of Medical Physics | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Sr. Medical Physicist (Palm Springs, CA)
Medical Physicist Oncology Senior - Levine Cancer Proton & Advanced Radiation Center
Med Physicist Oncology Sr
Radiation Physicist - Cabarrus Levine Cancer
Physicist - Radiation Oncology
Medical Physicist - per diem
Medical Physicist - per diem
Medical Physicist
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
ERM
|
$107,800 | 17 |
|
Barr Engineering
|
$120,000 | 8 |
|
Apex Companies
|
$114,500 | 6 |
|
AtkinsRéalis
|
$108,050 | 5 |
| SC SLR Consulting | $95,000 | 5 |
Triumvirate Environmental
|
$92,500 | 3 |
| TE True Environmental | $70,000 | 3 |
LaBella Associates
|
$52,500 | 3 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Siemens Healthineers
|
$205,063 | 16 |
Applied Materials
|
$164,000 | 16 |
|
Advocate Health
|
$252,148 | 6 |
|
Albany Medical Center
|
$256,344 | 3 |
| AD AdventHealth | $231,248 | 3 |
IonQ
|
$165,000 | 3 |
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
$101,450 | 3 |
| BU Brown University Health | $249,954 | 2 |
Environmental Scientist vs Physicist: which pays more?
The median for Environmental Scientist is $91,250 per year (typically $77,500–$123,100), versus $191,000 for Physicist ($142,500–$228,437). That puts Physicist about 109% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Environmental Scientist and Physicist are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.