Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors · SOC 17-2111
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors Salary in the San Francisco Metro Area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area
Figures describe the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Francisco city limits.
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area earned a median of $147,220 per year ($70.78 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $95,270 at the 10th percentile to $205,390 at the 90th. BLS estimates 350 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors in the San Francisco metro area earn more than $147,220 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $122,290 and $173,710.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $95,270 | $122,290 | $147,220 | $173,710 | $205,390 |
| Hourly | $45.81 | $58.79 | $70.78 | $83.51 | $98.74 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- San Francisco metro areathis metro area$147,220 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $122,290 to $173,710
- Californiastate (CA)$131,540 median for California; middle half earns $103,460 to $161,160
- United Statesnational$115,160 median for United States; middle half earns $90,930 to $142,980
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +12% vs California overall and +28% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally
Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The San Francisco metro area has the 3rd-highest published median for this occupation among the 94 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in California
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- San Francisco metro areathis page$147,220 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $122,290 to $173,710
- $143,050 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $125,270 to $209,600
- $137,540 median for Sacramento metro area; middle half earns $103,490 to $153,460
- $131,540 median for Los Angeles metro area; middle half earns $108,660 to $161,900
- $130,330 median for Bakersfield metro area; middle half earns $93,880 to $152,450
- $128,360 median for Fresno metro area; middle half earns $98,440 to $149,340
- $126,680 median for Oxnard metro area; middle half earns $101,780 to $146,920
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectorss · Highest-paying occupations in San Francisco Metro
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.