Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors
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.
Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors 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. The role reports a median annual salary of $109,660 in the US and is projected to grow 4% over the next decade (about as fast as average). Entry typically requires a Bachelor's degree, and shows moderate AI exposure (0.42 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Writing, Complex Problem Solving.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £48,776 a year for Engineering professionals n.e.c. (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £39,653 to £61,717 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 2129). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 2. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
How to get here in India
No single fixed route is listed for this career. These Indian degrees lead to it, according to the US CIP–SOC education-to-occupation crosswalk; open a degree for its entrance exams and colleges.[1]
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Environmental Engineering — B.Tech in Environmental Engineering (four years)
Entrance exams: JEE Main, JEE Advanced
Rules change: check the exam body's and regulator's current notice before you apply.
- CIP 2020 – SOC 2018 crosswalk (NCES / BLS) (read on 2026-09-27)
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Top skills
Knowledge you'll build
- English Language
- Engineering and Technology
- Administration and Management
- Customer and Personal Service
- Public Safety and Security
- Law and Government
- Education and Training
- Mechanical
A day in the life
You start the morning at a factory where a worker hurt a hand on a packaging machine last week. You examine the machine, talk with the operator and supervisor, and trace how the safety guard came to be removed. Back at your desk you write up the cause and recommend a redesigned guard with an interlock, so the machine stops whenever it is opened. Mid-morning you review a new consumer product design, working through how people might misuse it and what hazards that could create. After lunch you run a training session for supervisors on hazard monitoring and the safety rules that apply to their work. Later you read through recent changes in safety regulations and update the company's procedures to match, which is dry but necessary work. You finish the day reviewing results from a noise and air survey. What keeps you going is knowing that the changes you push through mean fewer people get hurt.
Illustrative: one typical day, written from the O*NET task statements for this occupation. Real days vary by employer and seniority.
What you'd actually do
- 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.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors do?
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.
What does a typical day look like in Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors?
You start the morning at a factory where a worker hurt a hand on a packaging machine last week. You examine the machine, talk with the operator and supervisor, and trace how the safety guard came to be removed. Back at your desk you write up the cause and recommend a redesigned guard with an interlock, so the machine stops whenever it is opened. Mid-morning you review a new consumer product design, working through how people might misuse it and what hazards that could create.
How much does Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors earn?
The median annual salary for Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors in the US is $109,660.
What is the job outlook for Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors?
The role is projected to grow 4% over the next decade (about as fast as average). Current US employment is approximately 23,800 workers.
How do I become health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors?
The typical entry education is a Bachelor's degree. Building a foundation in the top skills below will strengthen your application.
What skills does Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Writing, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors?
Our AI-durability model gives Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors a score of 0.42 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.
How hard is it to enter this field?
Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors has moderate barrier to entry — moderately gated — a bachelor's degree or equivalent training is typically required.