Safety and Health Engineer
Impact: Employee safety, public health, and environmental protection
Designs and implements safety programs, inspects workplaces for hazards, and ensures compliance with health and safety regulations to protect employees and the environment.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Moderate
- Team vs solo
- 60% Team / 40% Solo
- Client facing
- Sometimes
- Impact visibility
- High
- Travel
- 10-20% domestic
- Schedule flexibility
- Moderate
- Remote work
- Hybrid
- Typical work hours
- 40-50 hours/week
- Stress level
- Moderate
At a glance
- Median salary
- $105,000
- Entry-level
- $70,000 - $85,000
- Senior
- $140,000+
- Growth by 2033
- 7% (average)
- Demand
- Growing
- Freelance potential
- Moderate
- Salary growth potential
- High to 100% growth from entry to senior
- Typical student debt
- $30,000 - $60,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- OSHA Regulations
- Risk Assessment
- Environmental Compliance
- Industrial Hygiene
- Safety Management Systems
- Data Analysis
Soft skills
- Problem-solving
- Communication
- Attention to Detail
- Critical Thinking
- Collaboration
Technical complexity: High
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Bachelor's Degree
- Licensing
- Varies by State
- 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
- Junior Safety Engineer
- Safety and Health Engineer
- Senior Safety Engineer
- Safety Manager
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- 15% 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
- 3.5/10
- Prestige
- 7.5/10
- Social perception
- High