Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors

The median annual salary for Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors in the US is $109,660.

The role is projected to grow 4% over the next decade (about as fast as average). Current US employment is approximately 23,800 workers.

The typical entry education is a Bachelor's degree. Building a foundation in the top skills below will strengthen your application.

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.

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.