How much do sustainability coordinators make in 2026?
Sustainability coordinators are placed in the BLS business operations specialists, all other series — SOC 13-1199 — where OEWS May 2025 reports a national median of $83,050 a year ($39.93 an hour), a bottom 10% near $47,880 and a top 10% at $150,010 across 1,087,090 workers. That is a residual code, meaning it collects business roles that BLS has no specific occupation for, and it therefore contains everything from junior programme coordinators to senior specialists in well-paid corporate functions. A sustainability coordinator, which is an entry to early-career title, sits well below that pooled median in practice — typically between the 10th percentile and the lower quartile — and this page says so because the alternative is misleading people entering an already oversubscribed field. Sustainability attracts far more applicants than it employs, and coordinator roles are the point where that imbalance bites hardest. What changes the trajectory is measurable technical content: greenhouse gas inventory work to the GHG Protocol, energy and utility data analysis, supply chain data collection for Scope 3, and reporting under CSRD or ISSB frameworks. Coordinators who become the person who owns the emissions data rather than the person who organises engagement events move up quickly. Employment across the pooled series is projected to grow 3% through 2034 with roughly 108,200 openings a year. → Full sustainability coordinator career guide, career path, credentials & placement →
Note: $83,050 blends every experience level and every setting in this occupation. For pay by level alone, see Pay by Level below.
- Sustainability Coordinators earn a national median $83,050/yr ($39.93/hr) (BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 13-1199); the P10 to P90 range is $47,880 to $150,010.
- Coordinator roles sit between the 10th percentile and the lower quartile of this pooled $47,880 to $150,010 residual band, not at its midpoint — the code contains far more senior business roles.
- The field is genuinely oversubscribed at entry, and coordinator posts are where that imbalance is felt most sharply in starting pay.
- Owning measurable technical work — GHG Protocol inventories, energy data analysis, Scope 3 supply chain collection, disclosure preparation — is what separates a coordinator on a trajectory from one who stalls.
US Sustainability Coordinator Pay Distribution · BLS OEWS May 2025
Pay by Level · BLS OEWS May 2025
How much do sustainability coordinators earn at each level?
BLS OEWS publishes one blended wage for the whole occupation and does not break pay out by credential or practice level. The levels below distribute the published percentile range across the credential tiers this role actually hires at.
Level medians are aligned to the BLS OEWS May 2025 percentile distribution for SOC 13-1199; GlobalCybers does not yet publish a verified placement sample for this role, so no verified median is shown.
Methodology & Sources
How the numbers on this page are built
Published (BLS): BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 13-1199, United States national estimate. Public, methodologically rigorous, but sampled on a rolling 3-year basis and published ~10 months after collection — so it reflects wages that are already 1–2 years old by the time you read them.
Level and certification medians: distributed across the published BLS percentile range for this SOC code (P10 through P90) according to the credential tiers this occupation actually hires at. They are modeled reference points, not separately surveyed wages.
State and metro figures: modeled — the BLS national median multiplied by the GlobalCybers state wage index, and for metros by the published metro index for that state. They are estimates of local pay, not BLS state or metropolitan-area observations, and are labelled as modeled in the tables below.
No verified placement sample:GlobalCybers does not yet publish a placement median for this role, so no "verified" figure appears anywhere on this page.
Pay by Career Level
How much does a sustainability coordinator earn at each career stage?
Sustainability pay follows whether you produce the numbers or present them. Each median is anchored to the BLS OEWS distribution for SOC 13-1199.
By State
Which states pay sustainability coordinators the most in 2026?
These are modeled state estimates — the national business operations specialist median scaled by the GlobalCybers state wage index — not BLS state observations. For sustainability roles the modeled figures sit above what coordinator posts actually pay, because the underlying code is dominated by more senior business occupations.
6 of 51 state guides shown, ranked by median. Bar is relative to California ($95,510), the highest-paying state shown. See all role salary guides →
By Metro
Which cities pay sustainability coordinators the most?
Modeled metro estimates: the national median scaled by the state wage index and then by that state's published metro index. They estimate local wage levels and are not BLS metropolitan-area observations. Corporate sustainability teams concentrate in headquarters metros, which is where almost all of these roles exist.
BLS OEWS MSA estimates, May 2025. Nominal pay — weigh each metro against its cost of living before relocating.
Certification Impact
Which certifications raise a sustainability coordinator’s pay the most?
Median annual pay before and after each credential, based on GlobalCybers placement data cross-referenced with BLS. License upgrades move the needle most; stackable certs add on top.
Impacts are not additive, the licensing rows share the same career ladder. Browse all 167 certifications →
Trade Comparison
How does sustainability coordinator pay compare to related roles?
BLS OEWS national median across the closest trades. Sustainability Coordinators sit mid-pack on median but carry one of the widest P10–P90 spreads, licensing and specialization drive the upside.
BLS OEWS May 2025. Verify sustainability coordinator wages on BLS.gov →
Take-Home Pay
What does a sustainability coordinator actually take home after taxes?
The medians above are gross base wage.
Estimates use 2026 federal brackets, standard deduction, and 7.65% FICA. Actual take-home varies with filing status, deductions, and local tax.
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