Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers Career, Salary and Skills
Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $141,900 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 622,190. Wage data is published for 435 locations.
Occupation description
Plan and direct cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated properties for reuse. Does not include properties sufficiently contaminated to qualify as Superfund sites.
O*NET code
11-9199.11
Job zone
4
Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Experience
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$141,900
Hourly median
$68.22
Employment
622,190
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Complex Problem Solving | 4.12 | 4.12 |
| Coordination | 4.00 | 4.12 |
| Speaking | 4.00 | 4.12 |
| Reading Comprehension | 4.00 | 4.50 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Critical Thinking | 4.00 | 4.25 |
| Monitoring | 4.00 | 4.12 |
| Writing | 3.88 | 4.12 |
| Active Listening | 3.88 | 4.00 |
| Mathematics | 3.62 | 3.88 |
Typical tasks
- Coordinate on-site activities for environmental cleanup or remediation projects to ensure compliance with environmental laws, standards, regulations, or other requirements.
- Identify and apply for project funding.
- Plan or implement brownfield redevelopment projects to ensure safety, quality, and compliance with applicable standards or requirements.
- Estimate costs for environmental cleanup and remediation of land redevelopment projects.
- Conduct quantitative risk assessments for human health, environmental, or other risks.
- Design or implement plans for surface or ground water remediation.
- Design or implement measures to improve the water, air, and soil quality of military test sites, abandoned mine land, or other contaminated sites.
- Identify environmental contamination sources.
Technology
- Business software applications
- Calendar management software
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- ESRI ArcMap
- ESRI ArcView
- Linux
- Maptek Vulcan
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft PowerShell
- Microsoft Project
Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers Salary in CAMedian $174,560 · Employment 99,580
- Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers Salary in TXMedian $134,390 · Employment 61,410
- Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers Salary in Washington, DCMedian $170,980 · Employment 42,010
- Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers Salary in FLMedian $108,890 · Employment 37,820
- Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers Salary in GAMedian $125,000 · Employment 34,680
- Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers Salary in New York, NYMedian $169,800 · Employment 34,400
- Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers Salary in ILMedian $140,240 · Employment 31,680
- Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $168,160 · Employment 31,210
- Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers Salary in NJMedian $161,510 · Employment 30,270
- Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers Salary in Chicago, ILMedian $145,370 · Employment 26,170
- Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers Salary in Atlanta, GAMedian $130,340 · Employment 24,490
- Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers Salary in NCMedian $141,160 · Employment 21,830
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.