Life & Physical Science

Occupational Health & Safety Specialists

SOC 19-5011

Inspect workplaces and design the controls that stop people getting hurt.

The job

Median pay

$90k

$70k to $112k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing fast

+19% projected

Openings a year

17k

BLS projection

Typical education

Bachelor's

Our model

AI displacement risk

Moderate

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

8/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

51st pct

More exposed than 51% of occupations · modeled estimate · 52nd pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

69/100

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Key skills

Reading Comprehension
Active Listening
Writing
Speaking
Critical Thinking
Monitoring

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Texas	17,920	1.3	1.4×	$80k
California	16,230	0.9	1.0×	$103k
New York	6,840	0.7	0.8×	$96k
Ohio	6,820	1.2	1.4×	$91k
Florida	6,760	0.7	0.8×	$89k
Pennsylvania	4,890	0.8	0.9×	$87k
North Carolina	4,670	0.9	1.1×	$87k
Virginia	3,910	1.0	1.1×	$91k
Indiana	3,870	1.2	1.3×	$83k
New Jersey	3,830	0.9	1.0×	$91k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Washington	3,570	1.0	1.1×	$103k
Massachusetts	3,390	0.9	1.0×	$104k
Michigan	3,350	0.8	0.8×	$84k
Arizona	3,220	1.0	1.1×	$89k
Georgia	3,220	0.7	0.7×	$85k
Colorado	3,080	1.1	1.2×	$101k
Illinois	2,900	0.5	0.5×	$98k
Tennessee	2,690	0.8	0.9×	$81k
Missouri	2,660	0.9	1.0×	$83k
Alabama	2,510	1.2	1.3×	$82k
Kentucky	2,480	1.2	1.4×	$84k
Minnesota	2,460	0.8	0.9×	$97k
Louisiana	2,380	1.2	1.4×	$90k
Wisconsin	2,250	0.8	0.8×	$85k
South Carolina	2,170	0.9	1.0×	$88k
Maryland	2,160	0.8	0.9×	$92k
Oregon	1,820	0.9	1.0×	$95k
Oklahoma	1,690	1.0	1.1×	$80k
Kansas	1,350	0.9	1.0×	$86k
Iowa	1,310	0.8	0.9×	$88k
Utah	1,230	0.7	0.8×	$90k
Nevada	1,150	0.7	0.8×	$94k
Mississippi	1,140	1.0	1.1×	$84k
Connecticut	1,090	0.6	0.7×	$96k
West Virginia	1,020	1.5	1.6×	$87k
Arkansas	850	0.7	0.7×	$73k
New Mexico	840	1.0	1.1×	$85k
Idaho	730	0.9	0.9×	$87k
Montana	720	1.4	1.6×	$81k
Hawaii	640	1.0	1.1×	$95k
Nebraska	630	0.6	0.7×	$84k
New Hampshire	610	0.9	1.0×	$101k
Delaware	600	1.2	1.4×	$81k
Maine	600	0.9	1.0×	$98k
Wyoming	580	2.1	2.3×	$94k
North Dakota	540	1.3	1.4×	$93k
Alaska	370	1.1	1.3×	$99k
Washington DC	280	0.4	0.4×	$112k
South Dakota	250	0.5	0.6×	$89k
Rhode Island	200	0.4	0.4×	$102k
Vermont	170	0.6	0.6×	$87k

Top metro areas

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ6,020 jobs · $96k median
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX5,650 jobs · $83k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA5,550 jobs · $103k median
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX3,660 jobs · $81k median
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH2,720 jobs · $106k median
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA2,550 jobs · $127k median
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ2,340 jobs · $89k median
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN2,250 jobs · $102k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.