Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors Salary in the US
A health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors earns a national median of $115,160 a year (mean $119,770) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #86 of 825.
How much does a health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors earn in the US?
A health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors in the United States earns a median of $115,160 a year (mean $119,770), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 126% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 21,450 people work in this occupation (SOC 17-2111), ranked #86 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$115,160
per year
Mean
$119,770
per year
Employment
21,450
US workers
National rank
#86
of 825 by median
What a health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors (SOC 17-2111) earns a median annual wage of $115,160 and a mean (average) of $119,770. The median is the midpoint — half of health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors earn more and half earn less — and is 126% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors is $115,160, and the mean (average) is $119,770. The median is the midpoint — half of health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors earn more and half earn less.
- How does health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors pay compare to the US average?
- At $115,160, a health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors earns 126% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 21,450 health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors employed nationally (SOC 17-2111), across all industries.
- Where does this health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 17-2111. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 17-2111 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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