17 Series · SOC 17-2111

Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$109,660

per year

Median Hourly

$52.72/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$113,770

average

Employment

23,220

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$62,050$85,400$109,660$136,150$166,670
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$29.83$41.06$52.72$65.46$80.13
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$62,050

25th Percentile

$85,400

Median

$109,660

75th Percentile

$136,150

90th Percentile

$166,670

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. District of Columbia $135,810 2. Massachusetts $131,500 3. Oregon $128,760 4. California $125,410 5. Texas $123,020

Lowest Paying States

42. Missouri $73,840 43. Hawaii $74,410 44. Guam $76,590 45. Montana $82,900 46. Wisconsin $84,250
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 District of Columbia $135,810 +24% above national
2 Massachusetts $131,500 +20% above national
3 Oregon $128,760 +17% above national
4 California $125,410 +14% above national
5 Texas $123,020 +12% above national
6 Washington $121,730 +11% above national
7 Iowa $121,520 +11% above national
8 New York $119,030 +9% above national
9 Delaware $117,250 +7% above national
10 Ohio $117,080 +7% above national
11 Tennessee $115,190 +5% above national
12 Minnesota $113,460 +3% above national
13 New Jersey $112,330 +2% above national
14 Colorado $112,140 +2% above national
15 Louisiana $111,190 +1% above national
16 Arizona $109,790 same as national
17 Pennsylvania $109,660 same as national
18 Illinois $108,530 1% below national
19 Maryland $106,310 3% below national
20 Alabama $106,130 3% below national
21 Georgia $105,440 4% below national
22 Kansas $105,010 4% below national
23 Nebraska $104,010 5% below national
24 Utah $102,980 6% below national
25 Alaska $101,720 7% below national
26 Virginia $101,680 7% below national
27 Oklahoma $99,490 9% below national
28 Florida $99,340 9% below national
29 Kentucky $98,200 10% below national
30 Indiana $97,630 11% below national
31 Michigan $96,930 12% below national
32 Idaho $96,090 12% below national
33 Nevada $95,840 13% below national
34 Connecticut $95,160 13% below national
35 North Carolina $94,070 14% below national
36 West Virginia $93,440 15% below national
37 South Carolina $92,150 16% below national
38 Maine $91,480 17% below national
39 Mississippi $87,230 20% below national
40 Arkansas $86,970 21% below national
41 New Mexico $86,880 21% below national
42 Wisconsin $84,250 23% below national
43 Montana $82,900 24% below national
44 Guam $76,590 30% below national
45 Hawaii $74,410 32% below national
46 Missouri $73,840 33% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $177,920 2. Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $147,060 3. Kennewick-Richland, WA $141,600 4. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $138,780 5. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $132,140

Lowest Paying Metros

131. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $47,270 132. Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $48,930 133. Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $52,760 134. Lansing-East Lansing, MI $58,820 135. Spartanburg, SC $61,320
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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $177,920 +62% above national
2 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $147,060 +34% above national
3 Kennewick-Richland, WA $141,600 +29% above national
4 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $138,780 +27% above national
5 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $132,140 +20% above national
6 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $131,520 +20% above national
7 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $129,910 +18% above national
8 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $129,580 +18% above national
9 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $128,890 +18% above national
10 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $128,670 +17% above national
11 Knoxville, TN $128,460 +17% above national
12 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $128,260 +17% above national
13 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $127,920 +17% above national
14 Baton Rouge, LA $126,390 +15% above national
15 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $125,510 +14% above national
16 Midland, TX $125,060 +14% above national
17 Odessa, TX $124,980 +14% above national
18 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $124,970 +14% above national
19 Worcester, MA $124,370 +13% above national
20 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $124,330 +13% above national
21 Chattanooga, TN-GA $124,010 +13% above national
22 Decatur, AL $124,010 +13% above national
23 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $123,940 +13% above national
24 Columbus, OH $123,220 +12% above national
25 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $123,120 +12% above national
26 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $122,310 +12% above national
27 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $121,880 +11% above national
28 Omaha, NE-IA $121,340 +11% above national
29 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $120,500 +10% above national
30 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $119,430 +9% above national
31 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $119,100 +9% above national
32 Huntsville, AL $118,780 +8% above national
33 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $118,400 +8% above national
34 Mobile, AL $118,400 +8% above national
35 Cleveland, OH $118,320 +8% above national
36 Niles, MI $117,960 +8% above national
37 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $117,820 +7% above national
38 Vallejo, CA $117,490 +7% above national
39 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $117,120 +7% above national
40 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $116,890 +7% above national
41 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $116,820 +7% above national
42 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $116,160 +6% above national
43 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $116,120 +6% above national
44 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $115,160 +5% above national
45 Ann Arbor, MI $114,990 +5% above national
46 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $114,990 +5% above national
47 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $114,850 +5% above national
48 Syracuse, NY $114,250 +4% above national
49 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $113,960 +4% above national
50 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $113,830 +4% above national
51 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $113,680 +4% above national
52 Tulsa, OK $113,380 +3% above national
53 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $112,140 +2% above national
54 Lake Charles, LA $111,190 +1% above national
55 Fresno, CA $110,930 +1% above national
56 Corpus Christi, TX $110,680 +1% above national
57 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA $110,580 +1% above national
58 Lafayette, LA $110,240 +1% above national
59 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $110,100 same as national
60 Greensboro-High Point, NC $109,990 same as national
61 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $109,810 same as national
62 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $109,380 same as national
63 Pittsburgh, PA $108,870 1% below national
64 Rochester, NY $108,630 1% below national
65 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $108,340 1% below national
66 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $107,450 2% below national
67 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $107,410 2% below national
68 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $107,240 2% below national
69 Ogden, UT $106,950 2% below national
70 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $106,610 3% below national
71 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $106,390 3% below national
72 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $106,150 3% below national
73 Birmingham, AL $106,130 3% below national
74 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $106,070 3% below national
75 Kansas City, MO-KS $106,070 3% below national
76 East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $105,080 4% below national
77 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $104,800 4% below national
78 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $104,560 5% below national
79 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $104,300 5% below national
80 Lexington-Fayette, KY $103,570 6% below national
81 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $103,110 6% below national
82 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $103,060 6% below national
83 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $102,970 6% below national
84 Richmond, VA $102,840 6% below national
85 Longview, TX $102,400 7% below national
86 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $102,140 7% below national
87 Anchorage, AK $101,720 7% below national
88 Boise City, ID $101,060 8% below national
89 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $100,840 8% below national
90 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $99,590 9% below national
91 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $99,150 10% below national
92 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $98,920 10% below national
93 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $98,330 10% below national
94 Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $98,080 11% below national
95 El Paso, TX $98,060 11% below national
96 Oklahoma City, OK $97,480 11% below national
97 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $97,460 11% below national
98 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $97,370 11% below national
99 Madison, WI $97,130 11% below national
100 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $97,080 11% below national
101 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $96,530 12% below national
102 Wichita, KS $96,360 12% below national
103 Reno, NV $95,840 13% below national
104 Raleigh-Cary, NC $95,670 13% below national
105 Portland-South Portland, ME $95,420 13% below national
106 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $94,980 13% below national
107 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $93,500 15% below national
108 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $92,790 15% below national
109 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $92,470 16% below national
110 South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $91,260 17% below national
111 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $91,100 17% below national
112 Jacksonville, FL $90,550 17% below national
113 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $88,140 20% below national
114 St. Louis, MO-IL $88,140 20% below national
115 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $87,120 21% below national
116 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $87,060 21% below national
117 Morgantown, WV $85,980 22% below national
118 Albuquerque, NM $84,820 23% below national
119 Stockton-Lodi, CA $83,780 24% below national
120 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $83,730 24% below national
121 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $82,690 25% below national
122 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $82,050 25% below national
123 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $80,990 26% below national
124 Columbia, SC $80,770 26% below national
125 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $75,050 32% below national
126 Urban Honolulu, HI $74,400 32% below national
127 Charleston, WV $69,530 37% below national
128 Farmington, NM $67,740 38% below national
129 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $64,550 41% below national
130 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $62,400 43% below national
131 Spartanburg, SC $61,320 44% below national
132 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $58,820 46% below national
133 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $52,760 52% below national
134 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $48,930 55% below national
135 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $47,270 57% below national

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024. Data reflects cross-industry estimates for all ownership types.