Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers

Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers professionals earn a national median of $106,220 per year according to BLS OEWS May 2025 data, positioned in the Architecture and Engineering Occupations occupational family under SOC code 17-2151. OEWS estimates approximately 6,080 jobs in covered establishments nationwide. The full percentile range stretches from $67,490 at the 10th percentile to $169,990 at the 90th. The distribution combines differences in experience, specialization, employer type, industry, schedule, and geography; OEWS does not isolate any one factor's effect.

BLS Employment Projections expect the occupation to change by +1% between 2024 and 2034 - slower than average relative to the all-occupations baseline of 3.1%. BLS projects roughly 400 annual openings from growth, occupational transfers, and labor-force exits. BLS assigns Bachelor's degree as typical education needed for entry. These are occupation-level assignments, not universal requirements. BLS does not publish a separate occupation-specific safety rate for this role; its broad SOC-group rate is excluded from this career card's grade.

The highest published state median in this ranking is California at $158,130 for this occupation. The table records the differences but does not establish their causes. Before treating this median as a personal benchmark, compare the same statistic in the relevant local wage area and keep employer-provided benefits, which OEWS excludes, separate.