Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Specialist
Impact: Employee well-being, environmental protection, regulatory compliance
Ensures compliance with environmental regulations, promotes workplace safety, and develops health programs to protect employees and the environment.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Extensive
- Team vs solo
- 70% Team / 30% Solo
- Client facing
- Frequent
- Impact visibility
- High
- Travel
- 10-20% domestic for site visits and training
- Schedule flexibility
- Moderate
- Remote work
- Limited Remote
- Typical work hours
- 40-50 hours/week
- Stress level
- High
At a glance
- Median salary
- $85,000
- Entry-level
- $55,000 - $75,000
- Senior
- $110,000+
- Growth by 2033
- 7% (average)
- Demand
- Growing
- Freelance potential
- Moderate
- Salary growth potential
- High to 80-100% growth from entry to senior
- Typical student debt
- $30,000 - $60,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- Environmental Regulations
- OSHA Standards
- Risk Assessment
- Incident Investigation
- Safety Audits
- Waste Management
- Industrial Hygiene
Soft skills
- Problem-solving
- Communication
- Attention to Detail
- Critical Thinking
- Adaptability
Technical complexity: High
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Bachelor's Degree
- Licensing
- Optional
- Years to mid-career
- 3-5 years
- Years to senior
- 7-10 years
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- EHS Specialist
- Senior EHS Specialist
- EHS Manager
- Director of EHS
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- 20% to low risk
- AI disruption risk
- Low
- Demand trend
- Growing
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 3.9/10
- Meaning
- 4.2/10
- Work-life balance
- 3.2/10
- Prestige
- 7.5/10
- Social perception
- High