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Highest Paying Industries for Occupational Health and Safety Technicians

The top 100 highest paying industries for occupational health and safety technicians (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 in those industries are also shown. As shown in the table, with an average annual salary of $79,920, waste treatment and disposal is the highest paying industry for occupational health and safety technicians. It is followed by basic chemical manufacturing industry (average annual salary $72,420). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2015 [1]. For more information about salaries of occupational health and safety technicians in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for Occupational Health and Safety Technicians

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Waste Treatment and Disposal	$79,920	$35,210	70
2	Basic Chemical Manufacturing	$72,420	$44,140	130
3	Testing Laboratories	$66,130	$45,270	140
4	Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers	$65,980	$34,670	160
5	Waste Management and Remediation Services	$65,730	$33,910	120
6	Utilities	$65,130	$38,990	250
7	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$65,000	$35,180	200
8	Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	$64,680	$38,230	230
9	Insurance Carriers	$64,390	$34,750	180
10	Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying	$64,040	$33,570	40
11	Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	$62,340	$39,180	300
12	Finance and Insurance	$62,310	$34,470	230
13	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$61,790	$34,620	230
14	Scientific Research and Development Services	$61,790	$34,620	230
15	Chemical Manufacturing	$61,100	$35,830	350
16	Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	$60,430	$35,190	170
17	Coal Mining	$60,100	$34,460	160
18	Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing	$60,080	$36,700	40
19	Pipeline Transportation	$59,340	$28,870	50
20	Mining (except Oil and Gas)	$59,320	$35,130	260
21	Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing	$58,110	$42,450	40
22	Metal Ore Mining	$56,770	$40,410	60
23	Engineering Services	$56,500	$34,340	n/a
24	Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas	$56,390	$28,600	50
25	Real Estate	$55,850	$50,130	n/a
26	Resin, Synthetic Rubber, and Artificial Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing	$55,560	$30,150	40
27	Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction	$55,530	$33,740	40
28	Mining	$55,450	$32,350	1,220
29	Office Administrative Services	$55,100	$33,200	90
30	Outpatient Care Centers	$54,960	$33,200	50
31	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	$54,890	$33,890	n/a
32	Miscellaneous Manufacturing	$54,760	$35,680	40
33	Support Activities for Mining	$54,610	$31,910	840
34	Home Health Care Services	$54,470	$33,880	60
35	Grocery and Related Product Merchant Wholesalers	$54,260	$35,630	30
36	Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing	$54,100	$34,170	90
37	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$53,820	$33,730	40
38	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$53,750	$33,550	440
39	Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	$53,460	$36,670	70
40	Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations	$52,870	$27,440	n/a
41	Offices of Physicians	$52,860	$33,220	180
42	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$52,450	$32,740	360
43	Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors	$52,260	$39,190	100
44	Building Finishing Contractors	$52,030	$33,750	40
45	Nonresidential Building Construction	$51,990	$31,270	240
46	Construction of Buildings	$51,720	$31,620	260
47	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$51,370	$35,140	150
48	Building Equipment Contractors	$51,360	$32,860	160
49	Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods	$51,310	$24,630	110
50	Wholesale Trade	$51,300	$32,340	250
51	Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods	$51,290	$33,900	140
52	Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers	$51,160	$39,410	30
53	Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing	$51,140	$28,700	60
54	Educational Services - Privately owned	$51,130	$34,840	170
55	Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories	$50,980	$31,710	30
56	Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors	$50,790	$31,500	50
57	Specialty Trade Contractors	$50,500	$32,840	290
58	Oil and Gas Extraction	$50,430	$31,630	120
59	Support Activities for Crop Production	$50,430	$36,680	50
60	Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry	$50,430	$36,680	50
61	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	$50,430	$36,680	50
62	Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills	$50,330	$30,260	70
63	Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction	$50,060	$24,990	70
64	Roofing Contractors	$49,860	$31,240	40
65	Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	$49,570	$23,130	40
66	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$49,400	$30,290	1,890
67	Animal Food Manufacturing	$49,320	$30,860	30
68	Hospitals - State government owned	$48,940	$33,850	60
69	Temporary Help Services	$48,940	$32,500	200
70	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$48,760	$29,640	2,080
71	Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	$48,690	$31,430	360
72	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$48,600	$31,200	540
73	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$48,220	$26,650	40
74	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$48,210	$31,730	2,630
75	Federal, State, and Local Government	$48,210	$31,730	2,630
76	Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors	$48,140	$32,620	70
77	Federal government, including USPS	$48,090	$37,940	170
78	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$48,090	$37,940	170
79	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$48,070	$33,550	570
80	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$48,070	$30,680	3,410
81	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$47,750	$28,250	2,010
82	Paper Manufacturing	$47,610	$31,670	100
83	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	$47,600	$33,680	230
84	Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing	$47,600	$23,420	80
85	Primary Metal Manufacturing	$47,590	$31,730	180
86	Plastics Product Manufacturing	$47,520	$32,900	80
87	State government, including schools and hospitals	$47,490	$31,600	1,160
88	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$47,130	$29,060	680
89	Construction	$46,790	$27,670	1,070
90	Educational Services	$46,710	$29,370	790
91	Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing	$46,680	$32,700	90
92	Manufacturing	$46,570	$30,210	2,370
93	Remediation and Other Waste Management Services	$46,560	$33,290	50
94	Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing	$46,240	$27,730	60
95	Administrative and Support Services	$46,160	$30,750	420
96	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$45,980	$27,490	530
97	Educational Services - State government owned	$45,880	$27,550	530
98	Ship and Boat Building	$45,780	$35,310	90
99	Specialized Freight Trucking	$45,700	$28,400	40
100	Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Production and Processing	$45,530	$35,850	30