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Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$141,900

United States, 2025

Employment

622,190

United States, 2025

Typical education

Bachelor's Degree

Job Zone 4

Skills identified

35

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Career overview

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
Experience required
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years

Typical tasks

  • Identify environmental contamination sources.
  • 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.

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Salary analysis — United States

$74,300
10th
$102,880
25th
$141,900
Median
$186,300
75th
$238,270
90th

10th percentile

$74,300

25th percentile

$102,880

75th percentile

$186,300

90th percentile

$238,270

Most important skills

  • Complex Problem Solving4.1
  • Reading Comprehension4.0
  • Judgment and Decision Making4.0
  • Critical Thinking4.0
  • Monitoring4.0
  • Coordination4.0
  • Speaking4.0
  • Writing3.9
  • Active Listening3.9
  • Systems Evaluation3.6
  • Mathematics3.6
  • Negotiation3.5

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Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.

Skill coverage

0%

0 of 22 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

22

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Skills to develop

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Reading Comprehension4.04.5Not selected4.5
Critical Thinking4.04.3Not selected4.3
Complex Problem Solving4.14.1Not selected4.1
Monitoring4.04.1Not selected4.1
Coordination4.04.1Not selected4.1
Speaking4.04.1Not selected4.1
Judgment and Decision Making4.04.0Not selected4.0
Writing3.94.1Not selected4.1
Active Listening3.94.0Not selected4.0
Mathematics3.63.9Not selected3.9
Systems Evaluation3.63.8Not selected3.8
Negotiation3.53.8Not selected3.8
Systems Analysis3.43.8Not selected3.8
Active Learning3.33.9Not selected3.9
Time Management3.43.5Not selected3.5
Management of Financial Resources3.13.8Not selected3.8
Persuasion3.13.5Not selected3.5
Social Perceptiveness3.33.1Not selected3.1
Science3.03.3Not selected3.3
Instructing3.03.1Not selected3.1
Operations Analysis3.03.0Not selected3.0
Learning Strategies3.03.0Not selected3.0

Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.

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How salary varies by location

LocationMedianEmploymentYear
San Jose, CA$217,28013,7402025
San Francisco, CA$210,08021,5502025
Boston, MA$184,2509,1202025
MA$182,95010,6302025
Boulder, CO$179,0901,0202025
Binghamton, NY$177,8301702025
Denver, CO$175,9809,2502025
DC$175,72018,5702025
CA$174,56099,5802025
Bridgeport, CT$174,5202,0402025
CO$171,14014,0602025
Washington, DC$170,98042,0102025
Santa Cruz, CA$170,6503502025
New York, NY$169,80034,4002025
San Diego, CA$169,2409,3702025
Seattle, WA$168,9807,1102025
Los Angeles, CA$168,16031,2102025
DE$168,0601,2802025
Kennewick, WA$167,6604402025
NY$167,20018,4702025
All locations with published data

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0.

Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).

Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.