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Sustainability Manager Career Market Report 2026

464 active jobs. 190 companies. Median salary $99K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

464
Active Job Openings
190
Companies Hiring
$99K
Median Salary (US)
73%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Sustainability Manager market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 73% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $99K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $55K to $179K.

Project Management is the most-demanded skill at 24%

Project Management demand rose +7.1pp — fastest-growing skill

Livenation leads hiring with 39 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Senior → Director (+$55K, +44%)

Salary increase: +$55K · Sample: Senior → Director

AI automation risk: medium-high (score 70/100)

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 15% of postings

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior7$89K$124K$187K
Director5$178K$179K$204K
Manager3$46K$90K$99K

What jumps out

Senior → Director: +$55K (44%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States24$112KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site0.4%
Remote4.1%
Hybrid1.5%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

Project Management
24%
Environmental Science
21%
AI/LLM
15%
Data Analysis
15%
Renewable Energy
7%
Conservation
5%
Commercial Real Estate
5%
Program Management
5%

Skills on the Rise

Project Management ↑+7.1ppRenewable Energy ↑+7.1ppEnvironmental Science ↑+5.8ppConservation ↑+5.3ppCommercial Real Estate ↑+5.0pp

Declining in Demand

Sustainability ↓-100.0ppJournalism ↓-42.6ppExcel ↓-18.9ppSupply Chain ↓-16.4ppProcurement ↓-14.5pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Livenation398.4%
Jll81.7%
Watershed71.5%
Ag61.3%
Boschgroup61.3%
Erm61.3%
Prosidianconsulting61.3%
Sggovterp51.1%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States131
United Kingdom18
Singapore12
India11
Germany11
China10
Remote8
Canada7

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree60.0%204
Master's Degree12.6%43
Bachelor's Degree12.1%41
PhD / Doctorate0.6%2
MBA0.3%1

Certifications

MBA (4%)

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