5 of the Most Popular Types of Environmental Protection Officer Jobs in 2026

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Top Types Of Environmental Protection Officer Jobs

• Environmental Protection Specialist

  Salary range: $69,000 - $116,500

  An environmental protection specialist monitors the quality of our air, water, and soil through testing and data reports. Your job as an environmental protection specialist is to prevent or reduce the pollution of our planet by finding out where pollution is currently or is at risk of taking place due to human activity and enabling businesses and landowners to avoid pollutants in the future. Your duties include working individually or as a team to test the water and air quality against set industry or government standards to ensure compliance from landowners and businesses. After tests are complete, you run reports on your findings and implement a plan to reduce pollution.

• Environmental Security

  Salary range: $69,000 - $116,500

  Environmental Security is a more unusual job search query but still may give you interesting job results. Most salaries for Environmental Security jobs pay between $69,000 (25th percentile) and $116,500 (75th percentile) annually. Currently, there are not many open positions nationwide for Environmental Security job searches hiring now on ZipRecruiter. You can take a look at what is available and find similar job searches in this list.

• Coast Guard Environmental Officer

  Salary range: $54,500 - $97,500

  Coast Guard Environmental Officer is a more unusual job search query but still may give you interesting job results. Most salaries for Coast Guard Environmental Officer jobs pay between $54,500 (25th percentile) and $97,500 (75th percentile) annually. Take a look at the variety of open positions nationwide for Coast Guard Environmental Officer job searches hiring now on ZipRecruiter.

• Environmental

  Salary range: $36,000 - $52,500

  Environmental is a popular job search query. Most salaries for Environmental jobs pay between $36,000 (25th percentile) and $52,500 (75th percentile) annually. Take a look at the variety of open positions nationwide for Environmental job searches hiring now on ZipRecruiter.

• Environmental Policy

  Salary range: $56,000 - $80,000

  Environmental Policy is a popular job search query. Most salaries for Environmental Policy jobs pay between $56,000 (25th percentile) and $80,000 (75th percentile) annually. Currently, there are not many open positions nationwide for Environmental Policy job searches hiring now on ZipRecruiter. You can take a look at what is available and find similar job searches in this list.