Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors
ManufacturingO*NET 17-2111.00United States
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.
- Median annual earnings
- $114,218
- Projected change
- +7.4%
- Typical education
- Bachelor's degree
- Employment
- 21.95K jobs
50th percentile, United States
2025 to 2035
54.8% of the workforce
Growing to 23.57K by 2035
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The work
What health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors do
Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.
- Investigate industrial accidents, injuries, or occupational diseases to determine causes and preventive measures.
- 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.
- Evaluate adequacy of actions taken to correct health inspection violations.
- Interpret safety regulations for others interested in industrial safety, such as safety engineers, labor representatives, and safety inspectors.
- Review plans and specifications for construction of new machinery or equipment to determine whether all safety requirements have been met.
- Participate in preparation of product usage and precautionary label instructions.
- Interview employers and employees to obtain information about work environments and workplace incidents.
- Provide expert testimony in litigation cases.
- Review employee safety programs to determine their adequacy.
- Conduct or direct testing of air quality, noise, temperature, or radiation levels to verify compliance with health and safety regulations.
- Provide technical advice and guidance to organizations on how to handle health-related problems and make needed changes.
- Develop industry standards of product safety.
- Maintain liaisons with outside organizations, such as fire departments, mutual aid societies, and rescue teams, so that emergency responses can be facilitated.
- Plan and conduct industrial hygiene research.
- Compile, analyze, and interpret statistical data related to occupational illnesses and accidents.
- Write and revise safety regulations and codes.
- Confer with medical professionals to assess health risks and to develop ways to manage health issues and concerns.
Pay and outlook
What the job pays and where it is heading
Annual earnings range
Reported earnings by percentile, United States
- 10th percentile
- $67,225
- 25th percentile
- $89,719
- 50th percentile
- $114,218
- 75th percentile
- $143,705
- 90th percentile
- $175,224
The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $114,218 and half earn less.
Employment outlook
2025 to 2035 projection
+7.4%faster than average
202521,950 jobs
2035 projected23,571 jobs
1,621 more positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.
Preparation
Education levels
What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.
- Bachelor's degree
- 54.8%
- Certificate
- 9.7%
- Some college
- 9.7%
- Associate degree
- 9.7%
- Master's or Professional degree
- 9.7%
- High school diploma or less
- 6.5%
Skills
Skills employers ask for
Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.
How the work gets done
Core competencies
Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.
- Reading Comprehension
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Active Listening
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Critical Thinking
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Writing
- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Complex Problem Solving
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Speaking
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Systems Analysis
- Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Systems Evaluation
- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Monitoring
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Instructing
- Teaching others how to do something.
- Active Learning
- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Learning Strategies
- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Social Perceptiveness
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Time Management
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Service Orientation
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Persuasion
- Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Coordination
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Negotiation
- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
- Mathematics
- Using mathematics to solve problems.
In the market
Job titles and employers
Recent job postings in United StatesCommon job titles
- 01Environmental Health and Safety Engineers689 postings
- 02Environmental Health and Safety Managers297 postings
- 03Environmental Health and Safety Specialists243 postings
- 04Safety Engineers137 postings
- 05Health and Safety Engineers78 postings
- 06Process Safety Engineers56 postings
- 07Environmental Health and Safety Interns52 postings
- 08Principal Engineers48 postings
- 09Fire and Life Safety Technicians42 postings
- 10Safety/Environmental Engineers41 postings
- 11Fire Safety Engineers40 postings
- 12HSE Engineers34 postings
- 13Fire Sprinkler Designers30 postings
- 14Environmental Health and Safety Professionals28 postings
- 15Health and Safety Managers27 postings
- 16System Safety Engineers24 postings
- 17Product Safety Engineers22 postings
- 18Directors of Environmental Health and Safety21 postings
- 19Environmental Health and Safety Associates17 postings
- 20Project Engineering Managers16 postings
Top employers
- 01Lockheed Martin64 postings
- 02WSP Global54 postings
- 03Northrop Grumman49 postings
- 04SpaceX42 postings
- 05Amazon38 postings
- 06Actalent29 postings
- 07Siemens29 postings
- 08Blue Origin28 postings
- 09Leidos27 postings
- 10Howmet Aerospace26 postings
- 11Honeywell International22 postings
- 12Amcor20 postings
- 13Jabil19 postings
- 14Schneider Electric19 postings
- 15RTX18 postings
- 16Weston Solutions18 postings
- 17Flex17 postings
- 18GE Vernova17 postings
- 19Jacobs Solutions17 postings
- 20Kiewit Corporation17 postings
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