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Vision, Mission, Goals

Are you ready to accomplish something really worthwhile in your career? If so, consider joining the more than 17,000 men and women of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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We protect human health and safeguard the natural environment - air, water and land - upon which life depends. In addition to protecting the environment through regulations, we lead the nation's environmental science, research, education and assessment efforts. EPA works with all of the following to make a cleaner environment a reality:

EPA's employees are highly educated and technically trained. In fact, more than 50 percent are engineers, scientists and policy analysts. They are joined by many other talented individuals in scores of vital occupations, from legal and public affairs to finance and information technology.

More information about our vision, mission and goals.

EPA Locations

Headquarters/Regions/Laboratories
Find career balance everywhere. From Washington, DC, to Seattle, Washington, the Environmental Protection Agency works with industries, businesses, nonprofit organizations, state and local government, tribal governments and other groups to make a cleaner environment a reality. Here is a listing of our offices and laboratories.

Headquarters
Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20460 - 0001
Web: EPA at USAJobs

Regional Offices
There are 10 regional offices, each with responsibility for several states and territories.

Laboratories
EPA has labs that focus on research and testing involving environmental impacts, enforcement and more.

Mailing addresses for all locations


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