Safety Manager
Impact: Preventative, Regulatory
Plans, implements, and oversees the company's safety programs to ensure compliance with occupational health and safety regulations and to minimize workplace accidents and injuries.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Extensive
- Team vs solo
- Team-oriented
- Client facing
- Sometimes
- Impact visibility
- High
- Travel
- Occasional
- Schedule flexibility
- Moderate
- Remote work
- Hybrid
- Typical work hours
- 40-50 hours
- Stress level
- High
At a glance
- Median salary
- $90,000
- Entry-level
- $65,000
- Senior
- $120,000
- Growth by 2033
- 7%
- Demand
- Stable
- Freelance potential
- Low
- Salary growth potential
- 30%
- Typical student debt
- $30,000 - $60,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- OSHA Regulations
- Risk Assessment
- Accident Investigation
Soft skills
- Communication
- Problem-solving
- Attention to Detail
Technical complexity: High
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Bachelor's degree
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 5
- Years to senior
- 10
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Safety Coordinator
- Safety Specialist
- Safety Manager
- Director of EHS
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- Low
- AI disruption risk
- Low
- Demand trend
- Stable
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 4/10
- Meaning
- 4/10
- Work-life balance
- 3.5/10
- Prestige
- 7/10
- Social perception
- High