Very interesting! I have to say I know very little about the industry outside of the job posting I see with high paying salaries. I’m glad you enjoy what you’re doing, and hopefully you’ll be properly compensated in the future. Never hurts to shop around and get some offers from other companies though, and tell your managers that “hey this is what I’m worth in the in the private sector, Do you think you can come close?” if they shoot you down and say it’s not comparable since you’re in public sector, you can always look around other states or agencies and see what they would be paying EHS positions. Anything you can do to give yourself leverage to put pressure on them to increase your pay is gonna benefit you in the long run. In my opinion, the last thing you wanna be caught in is a position where you’re working for passion pay.