| Major Salary Determinants | | | | be air pollution and law policy, ecology and |
| Presently, due to the increased environment | | | | environmental sciences, administrative law, |
| awareness all over the world, this profession is facing | | | | environmental economics, environmental ethics, |
| a boom period. It holds a promising future with lucrative | | | | environmental health law, environmental justice or |
| monetary gains. Still, there are factors like law degree, | | | | environmental dispute resolution. A degree or a |
| practical experience, nature of work and location that | | | | certificate course in the given streams is always better |
| determine the salary of a public service lawyer. | | | | to earn well in this profession. |
| Nature of Work | | | | Location |
| The salary drawn by an environmental lawyer | | | | The place where a public service lawyer is practicing |
| depends on the nature of work chosen by him. In case | | | | is also important for estimating the lawyer salary. More |
| of private practice, the lawyer gets an average start | | | | advanced a city with high environmental awareness, |
| but earns higher with time and experience. Working as | | | | larger the salary of an environmental lawyer and vice |
| a salaried lawyer in legal firms, state or federal courts | | | | versa. In similar terms, lower the cost of living in a |
| leads to a profitable gain of income. Similarly, if the | | | | particular city, higher the environmental law salary . |
| lawyer works in a small scale company, the returns | | | | Public service lawyer is concerned in particular with the |
| are lower in comparison to the returns obtained by | | | | land and natural resource utilization done by a |
| working in a large scale company. | | | | company or an individual. As public representatives, |
| Qualification and Experience | | | | these lawyers ensure the strict adherence to the |
| Bachelor degree with a law degree is the ideal | | | | environmental laws and regulations. Apart from growth |
| combination for a professional public service lawyer. | | | | prospects, this career gives a environmental law salary |
| The areas of study chosen for a bachelor degree can | | | | too. For more career information . |