← Back to search
ANZSCO 234399Updated 2026-01-29
Environmental ScientistsNEC
National shortage level: Low
Snapshot
Median pay: AUD 91k
Weekly earnings: AUD 1740
Salary range: AUD 82k-AUD 100k
Job ads trend: Not listed
Time to hire: Varies
Visa pathways: Check eligibility
State distribution
30.5%
NSW
26.8%
VIC
19.9%
QLD
Education mix
46%
bachelor degree
29.4%
Post graduate
9.5%
certificate iii/ iv
Role overview
Other Environmental Scientists includes jobs like Environmental Educator, and Soil Scientist.
What you do
- • Studies origins, composition and distribution of soils and the materials from which soils are formed.
- • Investigates effect of land use practices on soil.
- • Analyses soil for elements and develops methods for altering soil characteristics to suit different plants.
Core skills
Credentials & pathway
- Recommended level: bachelor degree (46%)
Recent job ads
No ads listed yet.
Tasks
- • Advises on moisture conservation, irrigation and drainage.
- • Advises on suitability of soil use for cropping, horticulture, pasture, forestry and alternative systems of land use, including waste disposal.
- • Advises on use of soil for engineering purposes and on restoration of soil following massive disturbances through mining and other exploitative operations.
Earnings
Weekly median: AUD 1740
Annual median: AUD 91k
Range: AUD 82k-AUD 100k