Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
SOC 19-5011 · 2024-2034
Review, evaluate, and analyze work environments and design programs and procedures to control, eliminate, and prevent disease or injury caused by chemical, physical, and biological agents or ergonomic factors. May conduct inspections and enforce adherence to laws and regulations governing the health and safety of individuals. May be employed in the public or private sector.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $105,719per year
- Projected openings
- 19,550
- Projected change
- +16.4%
- Usually needs
- Bachelor's degree
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Active Listening
- Reading Comprehension
- Writing
- Speaking
- Systems Analysis
- Critical Thinking
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $137,082 | 1,010 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $135,824 | 1,020 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $121,376 | 1,140 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $118,577 | 60 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $105,370 | 1,810 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $104,690 | 100 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $103,807 | 1,010 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $103,468 | 120 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $102,964 | 190 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $102,718 | 180 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $101,404 | 5,030 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $100,787 | 40 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $99,944 | 1,630 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $97,777 | 290 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $96,185 | 50 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $94,737 | 1,500 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $93,679 | 50 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $93,340 | 40 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $92,199 | 120 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $91,049 | 70 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $90,145 | 100 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $89,580 | 30 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $88,450 | 290 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $87,875 | 60 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $87,680 | 290 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $84,804 | 60 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $84,496 | 70 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $84,496 | 160 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $82,893 | 120 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $82,184 | 40 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $80,048 | 560 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Occupational Health and Safety Technicians | $63,078 | 3,250 | +18.5% |
| Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors | $135,222 | 1,590 | +4% |
| Compliance Officers | $98,607 | 43,870 | +7% |
| Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health | $109,492 | 12,710 | +6.9% |
| Environmental Engineers | $134,061 | 3,690 | +6.4% |
| Construction and Building Inspectors | $104,034 | 14,650 | +2.1% |
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