Highest-paying Cities for Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors

The top 100 highest paying cities for health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $134,910, Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the highest paying city for health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors. It is followed by Idaho Falls, Idaho (average annual salary $132,240). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$134,910	$78,030	80
2	Idaho Falls, Idaho	$132,240	$83,570	70
3	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$130,690	$99,040	30
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$130,000	$93,340	190
5	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$129,070	$79,800	50
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$127,920	$70,930	420
7	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$127,730	$80,620	640
8	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$127,610	$92,720	210
9	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$127,350	$98,320	40
10	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$127,050	$80,330	140
11	Huntsville, Alabama	$124,010	$84,300	130
12	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$121,640	$58,650	50
13	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$121,060	$80,210	430
14	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$120,950	$80,160	1,440
15	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$120,560	$100,870	30
16	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$120,180	$74,780	390
17	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$118,780	$80,130	250
18	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$118,360	$84,970	50
19	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$118,210	$71,090	200
20	Kansas City, Missouri	$118,140	$55,110	90
21	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$117,710	$73,720	100
22	Savannah, Georgia	$117,000	$65,840	30
23	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$116,680	$36,470	n/a
24	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$116,020	$72,810	600
25	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$115,850	$71,910	1,080
26	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$115,380	$86,470	60
27	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$114,180	$74,860	150
28	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$114,180	$91,250	230
29	Midland, Texas	$112,590	$86,180	60
30	Dayton, Ohio	$112,440	$65,820	50
31	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$110,620	$81,170	220
32	Decatur, Alabama	$109,990	$79,460	80
33	Anchorage, Alaska	$109,170	$53,990	80
34	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$109,140	$73,340	150
35	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$108,730	$66,020	40
36	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$108,660	$73,600	220
37	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$108,630	$73,320	870
38	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$107,520	$77,240	120
39	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$107,000	$65,600	110
40	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$106,870	$70,180	350
41	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$106,720	$45,690	40
42	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$106,140	$67,550	180
43	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$106,070	$75,990	40
44	Corpus Christi, Texas	$105,900	$74,080	60
45	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$105,580	$65,060	390
46	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$105,210	$68,870	50
47	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$105,100	$74,510	40
48	Fresno, California	$105,080	$31,200	40
49	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$105,020	$61,720	170
50	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$104,460	$65,670	30
51	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$103,900	$82,210	140
52	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$103,690	$63,790	70
53	Boulder, Colorado	$103,540	$79,010	30
54	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$103,420	$56,690	40
55	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$103,400	$64,260	70
56	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$103,240	$83,310	30
57	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$103,230	$57,970	n/a
58	Bellingham, Washington	$102,720	$66,530	30
59	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$102,710	$76,450	70
60	Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$102,130	$76,140	40
61	Akron, Ohio	$101,940	$65,700	40
62	Waco, Texas	$101,830	$67,770	30
63	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$101,720	$70,260	470
64	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$101,500	$62,740	50
65	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$101,370	$70,080	70
66	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$101,130	$60,370	240
67	Mobile, Alabama	$101,060	$67,020	80
68	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$101,040	$72,770	140
69	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$101,010	$66,890	90
70	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$100,540	$67,210	40
71	Salisbury, Maryland	$100,370	$72,270	30
72	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$99,980	$78,210	50
73	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$99,600	$53,570	50
74	Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$99,480	$64,580	30
75	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$99,450	$59,300	30
76	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$99,250	$66,050	210
77	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$99,160	$61,220	880
78	Worcester, Massachusetts	$99,090	$73,360	50
79	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$98,940	$62,770	130
80	Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$98,930	$61,790	70
81	Syracuse, New York	$98,750	$64,760	60
82	Longview, Texas	$98,700	$62,710	60
83	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$98,690	$67,190	80
84	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$98,520	$64,850	30
85	Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$98,480	$62,330	40
86	Knoxville, Tennessee	$98,270	$80,280	180
87	Memphis, Tennessee	$98,040	$58,650	40
88	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$97,490	$60,670	60
89	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$97,260	$41,930	90
90	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$96,870	$67,880	330
91	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$96,510	$64,170	330
92	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$96,140	$63,890	660
93	Columbus, Ohio	$95,710	$68,880	50
94	Wilmington, New Jersey	$95,660	$60,900	160
95	Spartanburg, South Carolina	$95,300	$71,130	30
96	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$95,300	$59,630	30
97	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$95,210	$32,080	30
98	Rochester, New York	$95,090	$66,660	70
99	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$94,870	$61,950	80
100	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$94,660	$54,230	460

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors.