Real salary data
What Occupational Health and Safety Specialists actually earn in 2026.
The median for Occupational Health and Safety Specialist is $76,523 across 225 real salary records (H-1B visa filings and tech job postings), updated Aug 10, 2026.
01 / By source
Real salary bands, by source.
Bands come from 225 real records. Each source has a different bias, disclosed below.
Density curve fitted to the observed quartiles (log-normal). $65,000–$100,000 contains the middle 50% of records in the best-represented source; the shape between them is an approximation.
| Source | Records | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H-1B visa filings | 225 | $65,000 | $76,523 | $100,000 |
- H-1B visa filings (DOL) — over-represents visa-eligible roles (typically high-skill, high-wage)
Salary data updated Aug 10, 2026. Bands are percentiles, not averages; n is the number of underlying records.
02 / By state
What Occupational Health and Safety Specialists earn, by state.
| State | Records | Range (p25–p75) | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 36 | $79,958 – $123,137 | $91,710 |
| TX | 30 | $65,603 – $108,618 | $72,450 |
| NY | 17 | $75,000 – $108,150 | $80,535 |
| NJ | 15 | $59,500 – $88,560 | $61,000 |
| GU | 13 | $51,563 – $70,000 | $60,000 |
03 / Context
How Occupational Health and Safety Specialists pay compares with similar roles.
| Profession | Risk | Median | Outlook |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse | Low | $78,043 | +4.9% (2024–34) |
| Teacher | Low | $59,354 | -2.0% (2024–34) |
| Therapist | Low | $81,536 | +10.9% (2024–34) |
04 / Next step
How to move up the pay band.
The skills below appear most often in higher-paid roles:
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- udemyOccupational Health and SafetyIntermediate
- udemyBCSP Safety Management SpecialistIntermediate
- udemySafety Management Specialist (SMS)Intermediate
- udemyCertified Construction Safety Officer (CSO)®Intermediate
- udemyCode Enforcement Officer Safety Standards (SB 296)Intermediate
- udemyCertified Playground Safety InspectorIntermediate
- udemyCWI Examination Review Course - Welding Inspector and SafetyIntermediate
05 / FAQ
Salary questions, answered.
01Why are the bands different from the BLS median?
The BLS median covers all Occupational Health and Safety Specialist in the US. These bands come from real records with known biases — H-1B filings skew to visa-eligible (high-skill) roles and tech postings skew to tech employers — so they sit above the national median. We disclose the source of every band.
02How often is this data updated?
The dataset refreshes weekly from live job postings and quarterly from new H-1B disclosures.