Industrial Hygienist
Impact: Health and Safety
Identify, evaluate, and control workplace hazards by applying scientific, engineering, and medical principles to develop programs that protect worker health, ensure regulatory compliance, and conduct risk assessments and training.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Extensive
- Team vs solo
- Team-oriented
- Client facing
- Frequent
- Impact visibility
- High
- Travel
- Frequent
- Schedule flexibility
- Moderate
- Remote work
- Hybrid
- Typical work hours
- 40
- Stress level
- High
At a glance
- Median salary
- $88,860
- Entry-level
- $65,000
- Senior
- $130,000
- Growth by 2033
- 7%
- Demand
- Growing
- Freelance potential
- High
- Salary growth potential
- High
- Typical student debt
- $30,000 - $60,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- Hazard assessment
- Industrial hygiene monitoring
- OSHA regulations
Soft skills
- Communication
- Problem-solving
- Critical thinking
Technical complexity: High
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Bachelor's Degree
- Licensing
- Optional
- Years to mid-career
- 2
- Years to senior
- 10
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Junior Industrial Hygienist
- Senior/Supervising Industrial Hygienist
- Industrial Hygiene Manager or Consultant
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- 15
- AI disruption risk
- Low
- Demand trend
- Growing
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 4/10
- Meaning
- 4/10
- Work-life balance
- 3.5/10
- Prestige
- 7.5/10
- Social perception
- High