Business & Finance
Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers
Plan and direct cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated properties for reuse. Does not include properties sufficiently contaminated to qualify as Superfund sites.
Median salary (BLS)
$141,900
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$74k – $238k
Job outlook
+5% (faster than average)
AI exposure
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports one wage for this occupational group, which covers 6 related roles — so read the median as an approximate group figure, and the range as the truer picture for this specific title. BLS source.
Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $112,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.
Plan a path to Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers
Education
Typical entry: Bachelor's degree
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers Intern
Internship
$37,150
~4 mos to advance
Junior Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers
Entry / Junior
$74,300
~2 yrs to advance
Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers
Established
$141,900
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers
Senior
$190,085
Internships are a common on-ramp here — they speed up landing that first role and improve your odds, which is why the Safe and High-ceiling plans build one in.
Key skills
A typical day
- •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.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Business & Finance
Explore all- University of Pennsylvania6% admit · $112,000 grad pay
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology4% admit · $124,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of California, Berkeley11% admit · $97,000 grad pay
- New York University12% admit · $84,000 grad pay
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