Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors Career, Salary and Skills
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $115,160 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 21,450. Wage data is published for 139 locations.
Occupation description
Promote worksite or product safety by applying knowledge of industrial processes, mechanics, chemistry, psychology, and industrial health and safety laws. Includes industrial product safety engineers.
O*NET code
17-2111.00
Job zone
4
Typical education
Not recorded
Experience
Not recorded
National salary and employment
Median annual
$115,160
Hourly median
$55.36
Employment
21,450
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
$68,420
10th
$90,930
25th
$115,160
Median
$142,980
75th
$171,250
90th
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Active Listening | 3.75 | 4.00 |
| Writing | 3.75 | 3.88 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.75 | 3.88 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.62 | 3.62 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.62 | 3.75 |
| Systems Analysis | 3.62 | 3.38 |
| Speaking | 3.62 | 3.62 |
| Systems Evaluation | 3.50 | 3.50 |
| Instructing | 3.38 | 3.62 |
Typical tasks
- Conduct research to evaluate safety levels for products.
- Evaluate product designs for safety.
- Conduct or coordinate worker training in areas such as safety laws and regulations, hazardous condition monitoring, and use of safety equipment.
- Maintain and apply knowledge of current policies, regulations, and industrial processes.
- Recommend procedures for detection, prevention, and elimination of physical, chemical, or other product hazards.
- Report or review findings from accident investigations, facilities inspections, or environmental testing.
- Evaluate potential health hazards or damage that could occur from product misuse.
- Investigate industrial accidents, injuries, or occupational diseases to determine causes and preventive measures.
Technology
- Inspection management system
- Anthropometric databases
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Availability prediction modeling software
- Biomechanical imaging software
- Biomechanical injury risk analysis software
- C++
- Computational fluid dynamics CFD software
- Design Safety Engineering Designsafe
- Eclipse IDE
- Electronic design automation EDA software
- Energy expenditure prediction EEP software
- Failure mode and effects analysis FMEA software
- Failure mode effects and criticality analysis FMECA software
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors Salary in TXMedian $123,440 · Employment 4,320
- Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors Salary in CAMedian $131,540 · Employment 2,470
- Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors Salary in NYMedian $101,300 · Employment 1,570
- Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors Salary in Houston, TXMedian $130,280 · Employment 1,400
- Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors Salary in New York, NYMedian $111,380 · Employment 1,240
- Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors Salary in Dallas, TXMedian $127,540 · Employment 1,190
- Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $131,540 · Employment 850
- Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors Salary in FLMedian $101,790 · Employment 770
- Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors Salary in MAMedian $131,210 · Employment 750
- Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors Salary in MIMedian $107,780 · Employment 720
- Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors Salary in OHMedian $129,560 · Employment 650
- Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors Salary in OKMedian $102,890 · Employment 620
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.