Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors salary

SOC 17-2111 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$115,160

per year, nationally

Middle half

$90,930–$142,980

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

21,450

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+4.4%

1,500 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$68,420$171,250

10th: $68,420
25th: $90,930
Median: $115,160
75th: $142,980
90th: $171,250

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Bachelor's degree
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: None

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	California	$131,540	110.7	2,470	0.98×
2	Massachusetts	$131,210	105.8	750	1.50×
3	New Hampshire	$130,500	104.2	80	0.81×
4	Ohio	$129,560	92.8	650	0.84×
5	Washington	$126,590	107.0	420	0.85×
6	Texas	$123,440	97.1	4,320	2.23×
7	Pennsylvania	$121,730	97.6	490	0.59×
8	Nevada	$121,660	100.0	80	0.37×
9	Colorado	$120,950	103.1	210	0.54×
10	Minnesota	$120,050	98.6	220	0.53×
11	New Jersey	$119,370	108.8	430	0.73×
12	Louisiana	$118,490	88.2	370	1.39×
13	Delaware	$118,440	99.8	50	0.80×
14	Oregon	$116,020	103.4	180	0.65×
15	Connecticut	$115,640	103.6	270	1.16×
16	Illinois	$111,370	100.0	230	0.27×
17	Maryland	$110,950	105.0	520	1.37×
18	Michigan	$107,780	96.2	720	1.18×
19	Kentucky	$107,760	90.2	300	1.07×
20	Utah	$106,980	98.9	260	1.07×
21	North Carolina	$106,800	94.3	480	0.70×
22	Arizona	$106,370	100.7	180	0.41×
23	Iowa	$106,350	87.8	230	1.05×
24	Georgia	$105,880	96.3	350	0.52×
25	Alabama	$105,490	88.8	570	1.94×
26	Virginia	$104,920	101.1	380	0.66×
27	South Carolina	$104,120	93.7	280	0.89×
28	Nebraska	$103,230	90.1	90	0.64×
29	Oklahoma	$102,890	87.8	620	2.65×
30	Kansas	$102,690	90.1	120	0.62×
31	Alaska	$102,690	102.4	110	2.41×
32	Florida	$101,790	103.4	770	0.56×
33	Arkansas	$101,590	86.9	130	0.71×
34	New York	$101,300	107.9	1,570	1.18×
35	Idaho	$98,860	95.5	250	2.10×
36	Montana	$97,670	94.6	60	0.86×
37	New Mexico	$94,640	92.2	340	2.83×
38	Rhode Island	$94,620	102.3	40	0.55×
39	Wisconsin	$92,700	94.1	250	0.62×
40	Missouri	$89,820	90.8	250	0.61×
41	Mississippi	$87,180	87.0	120	0.74×
42	Indiana	$83,240	93.3	440	1.00×
43	Hawaii	$82,300	110.0	70	0.81×
44	Maine	$82,140	97.0	70	0.74×
45	West Virginia	$76,700	89.5	210	2.15×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$152,360	105.7	40	1.43×
2	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$149,740	100.1	100	5.83×
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$147,220	115.6	350	1.07×
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$143,050	110.4	160	1.03×
5	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$137,540	106.7	240	1.62×
6	Midland, TX	$137,030	95.8	60	3.62×
7	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$135,220	100.0	40	0.84×
8	Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$135,130	92.7	60	1.09×
9	Chattanooga, TN-GA	$133,060	91.5	70	1.78×
10	Baton Rouge, LA	$132,040	90.8	90	1.59×
11	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$131,540	113.6	850	0.98×
12	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$130,330	100.9	50	1.10×
13	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$130,280	98.6	1,400	3.07×
14	Knoxville, TN	$129,840	92.6	50	0.79×
15	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$129,820	111.1	210	0.72×
16	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$129,560	95.4	300	1.96×
17	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$128,600	108.3	490	1.31×
18	Fresno, CA	$128,360	102.2	40	0.60×
19	Cleveland, OH	$128,340	93.9	80	0.57×
20	Huntsville, AL	$128,210	93.1	160	4.37×
21	Pittsburgh, PA	$127,640	94.7	120	0.78×
22	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$127,540	103.1	1,190	2.14×
23	Columbus, OH	$126,780	95.5	—	—
24	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$126,680	110.5	30	0.76×
25	Decatur, AL	$125,940	87.2	90	10.97×
26	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$125,760	108.9	420	0.96×
27	Lake Charles, LA	$125,670	85.9	70	4.65×
28	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$125,290	106.9	50	0.86×
29	Ogden, UT	$125,250	100.3	40	1.11×
30	Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	$125,070	91.9	60	1.87×
31	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$124,960	105.4	150	0.88×
32	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$124,740	111.9	300	1.43×
33	Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	$124,550	93.3	50	0.88×
34	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$124,300	104.8	160	0.60×
35	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$123,090	101.0	—	—
36	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$122,770	98.1	150	0.84×
37	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$122,480	102.6	240	0.60×
38	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$122,090	94.7	—	—
39	Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	$121,170	90.0	120	5.43×
40	Corpus Christi, TX	$120,790	92.7	110	3.96×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Civil Engineers$100,840
Industrial Engineers$102,440
Mechanical Engineers$104,110
Electrical Engineers$120,630
Engineers, All Other$122,930
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer$130,220
Computer Hardware Engineers$161,740
Aerospace Engineers$134,960

Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors salary

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Getting in

Where health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors earn the most

Best paying metro areas for health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors

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