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Health Inspector / Environmental Health Specialist in Arizona

Arizona Department of Administration, Human Resources Division lists 3 job classes for this work in the Arizona state pay plan: Public Health Sanitarian, Public Health Sanitarian Intermediate, Public Health Sanitarian Senior.

$36,779 – $87,570
state pay plan range, a year
3
classes in the state plan
$80,600
median pay in AZ, all employers
1,970
workers in AZ (SOC 19-2041)

Sources: Arizona Department of Administration, Human Resources Division, Arizona State Personnel System Job Titles with Pay Ranges and Salary Schedules; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates. Data captured September 30, 2026.

Arizona state pay plan Sourced

Published rates for each class, lowest first, effective July 9, 2022. These are the ranges Arizona sets for its own state employees; cities, counties and school districts have their own pay plans.

Class and gradePublished rate
Public Health Sanitarian
Class S10178 · class description
Grade 19
$17.68 – $31.74 a hour
$36,779 – $66,009 a year
Public Health Sanitarian Intermediate
Class S10179 · class description
Grade 21
$21.14 – $38.08 a hour
$43,981 – $79,200 a year
Public Health Sanitarian Senior
Class S10180 · class description
Grade 22
$22.87 – $42.10 a hour
$47,564 – $87,570 a year

Schedule: Pay Schedule AREG. Rates are as the plan publishes them; "a year" figures are conversions (hourly × 2,080). Classes are matched to this job by title (GovJobsWiki editorial rule).

Source: Arizona Department of Administration, Human Resources Division, Arizona State Personnel System Job Titles with Pay Ranges and Salary Schedules. Data captured September 30, 2026.

Pay in Arizona, all employers Sourced

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (SOC 19-2041) in Arizona, all employers combined: BLS state estimates do not separate government from private.

MeasureAZ
Workers1,970
10th percentile$57,100
Median$80,600
90th percentile$160,910
National median, government employers$82,730

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — national estimates by ownership. Data captured September 30, 2026.

More about this job

Requirements, hiring process, training, schedule and day-to-day work are on the national Health Inspector / Environmental Health Specialist page.

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