Skills it runs on
The capabilities O*NET rates most important for this occupation — the human ground the work is built on.
See all skills →Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors
Occupation · SOC 17-2111.00
Promote worksite or product safety by applying knowledge of industrial processes, mechanics, chemistry, psychology, and industrial health and safety laws. Includes industrial product safety engineers.
Also called: Product Safety Engineer · Safety Engineer · Safety and Health Consultant · System Safety Engineer · Health and Safety Specialist · Industrial Hygienist · Industrial Safety Engineer · Product Safety Consultant · Product Safety and Standards Engineer · Service Loss Control Consultant · Chemical Detection Expert · EHS Intern (Environmental Health and Safety Intern)
Job family: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
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AI work map
A fast read on where AI already shows up in this occupation, where it stays a copilot, where humans remain in the loop, and what the labor market is doing. Built from observed Claude.ai conversations mapped to O*NET tasks and from published research — measures of usage and exposure, not advice or predictions that the job is going away.
Market signal
Independent published positions, read together — not a forecast.
- About average employment outlook (+4.4% by 2034)
- 1,500 openings/yr
- High AI exposure
- Median pay $109,660/yr
- Work is mostly on-site (not teleworkable)
- A reversal from 2013 — rated low automation risk then (17th), high AI task-overlap now (74th)
74th-percentile task overlap — yet about 1,500 openings a year (+4.4% projected, BLS) . What exposure means →
AI & job outlook
What today's research says about this occupation's exposure to AI, how AI is actually being used in it, and where employment is headed. These are positions within published studies — measures of exposure and usage, not predictions that this job will disappear.
Exposure to current AI
Each study uses its own scale, so the raw scores are not comparable across rows — the percentile (this job's rank among all U.S. occupations with data) is the comparable figure, and sizes the bars.
| Measure | Rank vs all occupations | Percentile | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall AI exposure (Felten et al.) High | 74th | 1.0 | |
| LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou) High | 68th | 0.8 | |
| AI assistant applicability (Microsoft) High | 77th | 0.2 |
OpenAI's exposure study scores tasks three ways: with a language model alone (α 0.1), with simple added tooling (β 0.5), and including AI-powered software (γ 0.8). Higher means more of the job's tasks could be done at least twice as fast — not that they will be automated away.
This job mostly cannot be done remotely (Dingel–Neiman) — its hands-on tasks sit outside what software-based AI reaches.
Historical automation estimate (2013)
A pre-LLM (2013) estimate of how automatable this job is by computerization and robotics. Shown for historical context only — it is not part of any current AI ranking.
Frey–Osborne probability 0.0 · 17th percentile among occupations · Low
How AI is actually used in this job
Among measured AI assistant conversations mapped to this occupation (Anthropic Economic Index, 2026-01-15), these task types came up most. These are shares of observed AI conversations — not shares of the job, of worker time, or of what could be automated.
| Participate in preparation of product usage and precautionary label instructions. | 0.2% | |
| Evaluate potential health hazards or damage that could occur from product misuse. | 0.2% |
Job outlook
Independent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projection for 2024–2034 — a labor-market forecast, not an AI-impact forecast.
| Outlook | About average · +4.4% by 2034 |
| Projected annual openings | 1,500 |
| Employment 2024 → 2034 | 23,800 → 24,900 |
“Annual openings” counts new jobs plus replacements for workers who leave the occupation, so it can be large even when growth is modest.
Where this work sits on the global GenAI gradient
The ILO's 2025 global study scores generative-AI exposure on the international ISCO-08 occupation system, not US SOC. Bridged through the published (and approximate, many-to-many) IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 crosswalk, this US occupation corresponds to the international occupation below. Exposure here means how much of the work's tasks today's AI can attempt — task overlap, not automation, adoption, or jobs lost.
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors sits at the 57th percentile of 427
occupations on the global GenAI task-exposure gradient
— exposure rose from 2023 to 2025. Each dot is one occupation; the
ringed one is this work. Exposure is task overlap, not automation or jobs lost.
30% mean task exposure (2025)
57th percentile of 427 placed occupations
+8 pts shift 2023 → 2025
| International occupation (ISCO-08) | Task exposure (2025) | Most tasks fall in |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering Professionals Not Elsewhere Classified · 2149 | 30% | Not exposed |
Read the whole six-band gradient on the GenAI exposure gradient page. The crosswalk is approximate: a US occupation can map to several international ones, and the ILO scores describe the international occupation, not this exact US role.
Tasks
All 27 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, ordered by importance. Each links to its own page with AI-exposure and observed-use detail.
- Investigate industrial accidents, injuries, or occupational diseases to determine causes and preventive measures. Core · importance 4.5
- Conduct research to evaluate safety levels for products. Core · importance 4.4
- Evaluate product designs for safety. Core · importance 4.3
- Conduct or coordinate worker training in areas such as safety laws and regulations, hazardous condition monitoring, and use of safety equipment. Core · importance 4.3
- Maintain and apply knowledge of current policies, regulations, and industrial processes. Core · importance 4.3
- Recommend procedures for detection, prevention, and elimination of physical, chemical, or other product hazards. Core · importance 4.3
- Report or review findings from accident investigations, facilities inspections, or environmental testing. Core · importance 4.2
- Evaluate potential health hazards or damage that could occur from product misuse. Core · importance 4.2
- Evaluate adequacy of actions taken to correct health inspection violations. Core · importance 4.1
- Interpret safety regulations for others interested in industrial safety, such as safety engineers, labor representatives, and safety inspectors. Core · importance 4.0
- Review plans and specifications for construction of new machinery or equipment to determine whether all safety requirements have been met. Core · importance 3.9
- Participate in preparation of product usage and precautionary label instructions. Core · importance 3.9
- Interview employers and employees to obtain information about work environments and workplace incidents. Core · importance 3.8
- Provide expert testimony in litigation cases. Core · importance 3.8
- Review employee safety programs to determine their adequacy. Core · importance 3.8
- Conduct or direct testing of air quality, noise, temperature, or radiation levels to verify compliance with health and safety regulations. Core · importance 3.8
- Provide technical advice and guidance to organizations on how to handle health-related problems and make needed changes. Core · importance 3.8
- Develop industry standards of product safety. Core · importance 3.6
- Maintain liaisons with outside organizations, such as fire departments, mutual aid societies, and rescue teams, so that emergency responses can be facilitated. Core · importance 3.6
- Plan and conduct industrial hygiene research. Core · importance 3.4
- Compile, analyze, and interpret statistical data related to occupational illnesses and accidents. Core · importance 3.4
- Design and build safety equipment. Supplemental · importance 3.3
- Write and revise safety regulations and codes. Core · importance 3.3
- Confer with medical professionals to assess health risks and to develop ways to manage health issues and concerns. Core · importance 3.3
- Check floors of plants to ensure that they are strong enough to support heavy machinery. Supplemental · importance 3.0
- Inspect facilities, machinery, or safety equipment to identify and correct potential hazards, and to ensure safety regulation compliance.
- Install safety devices on machinery or direct device installation.
Work activities
- Investigate safety of work environment.
- Research product safety.
- Teach safety standards or environmental compliance methods.
- Update technical knowledge.
- Advise others on health and safety issues.
- Maintain operational records or records systems.
- Document design or operational test results.
- Explain engineering drawings, specifications, or other technical information.
- Evaluate designs or specifications to ensure quality.
- Prepare procedural documents.
- Testify at legal or legislative proceedings.
- Test facilities for environmental hazards.
- Develop safety standards, policies, or procedures.
- Confer with technical personnel to prepare designs or operational plans.
- Research human performance or health factors related to engineering or design activities.
- Investigate the environmental impact of projects.
- Confer with other personnel to resolve design or operational problems.
- Fabricate devices or components.
- Design industrial equipment.
- Inspect facilities or sites to determine if they meet specifications or standards.
- Monitor work environment to ensure safety or adherence to specifications.
- Inspect safety equipment to ensure proper functioning.
- Inspect equipment to ensure safety or proper functioning.
- Install safety or support equipment.
- Direct installation activities.
Knowledge, skills & abilities
O*NET importance rating, from 1 (not important) to 5 (extremely important).
Abilities
| Inductive Reasoning | 4.1 | |
| Oral Comprehension | 4.0 | |
| Deductive Reasoning | 4.0 | |
| Written Comprehension | 3.9 | |
| Oral Expression | 3.9 | |
| Problem Sensitivity | 3.9 | |
| Written Expression | 3.6 | |
| Speech Clarity | 3.6 | |
| Fluency of Ideas | 3.5 | |
| Category Flexibility | 3.5 | |
| Near Vision | 3.5 | |
| Speech Recognition | 3.5 | |
| Originality | 3.4 | |
| Information Ordering | 3.4 | |
| Flexibility of Closure | 3.4 | |
| Selective Attention | 3.4 | |
| Far Vision | 3.4 |
Essential skills
| Reading Comprehension | 4.0 | |
| Active Listening | 3.8 | |
| Writing | 3.8 | |
| Critical Thinking | 3.8 | |
| Speaking | 3.6 | |
| Monitoring | 3.4 |
Knowledge
| English Language | 3.9 | |
| Engineering and Technology | 3.8 | |
| Administration and Management | 3.7 | |
| Customer and Personal Service | 3.7 | |
| Public Safety and Security | 3.7 | |
| Law and Government | 3.7 | |
| Education and Training | 3.6 | |
| Mechanical | 3.5 | |
| Mathematics | 3.5 | |
| Chemistry | 3.4 | |
| Design | 3.4 | |
| Production and Processing | 3.3 |
Transferable skills
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.6 | |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.6 | |
| Systems Analysis | 3.6 | |
| Systems Evaluation | 3.5 | |
| Instructing | 3.4 |
Skills in demand
Skills employers ask for in job postings for this occupation (Lightcast), with whether each is a common or specialized skill.
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Tools & technology
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Work context
How characteristic each condition is of the job, on O*NET's 1–5 context scale (higher = more present in day-to-day work). Each condition links to how it varies across all occupations.
How to get in
- Job zone
- Zone 4 — Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- Education
- Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
- Typical entry-level education
- Bachelor's degree · BLS, the typical path — not a requirement
- Related experience
- A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
- Preparation level
- SVP (7.0 to < 8.0) — total schooling plus on-the-job experience.
What to study: Engineering . Fields of study crosswalked to this occupation (NCES CIP–SOC), not a requirement.
Interests & work styles
The interests and personal qualities O*NET associates with people who do this work.
Work styles
| Dependability | 6.0 | |
| Attention to Detail | 5.0 | |
| Integrity | 4.0 | |
| Cautiousness | 3.0 |
Career interests (Holland / RIASEC)
| Investigative | 5.6 | |
| Realistic | 5.4 | |
| Conventional | 4.7 |
Interest areas
| Engineering | 5.1 | |
| Physical Science | 3.8 | |
| Mechanics/Electronics | 3.6 | |
| Mathematics/Statistics | 3.3 | |
| Law | 2.9 | |
| Medical Science | 2.9 | |
| Management/Administration | 2.7 | |
| Information Technology | 2.7 | |
| Public Speaking | 2.7 |
Wages & employment
U.S. · annual wages (BLS OEWS)
| 10th percentile | $62,050 |
| 25th percentile | $85,400 |
| Median (50th) | $109,660 |
| 75th percentile | $136,150 |
| 90th percentile | $166,670 |
| People employed | 23,220 |
Industries that employ this occupation
Where these workers are employed, by number of jobs (national, BLS OEWS). Pay shown is the occupation's national median, not industry-specific.
| Industry | Workers | National median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services · Sector | 5,630 | $109,740 |
| Manufacturing · Sector | 5,470 | $109,030 |
| Construction · Sector | 2,220 | $99,440 |
| Engineering Services · National industry | 1,760 | $108,920 |
| Finance and Insurance · Sector | 970 | $124,970 |
| Information · Sector | 900 | $109,660 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises · Sector | 860 | $125,780 |
| Wholesale Trade · Sector | 580 | $107,970 |
| Utilities · Sector | 570 | $121,940 |
| Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction · Sector | 530 | $125,260 |
| Transportation and Warehousing · Sector | 520 | $103,310 |
| Testing Laboratories and Services · National industry | 310 | $107,630 |
Where this work is most concentrated
Industries where this occupation is far more common than in the economy as a whole. The location quotient is how many times more concentrated it is here (a value of 5 means five times its economy-wide share).
| Industry | Concentration | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclear Electric Power Generation · National industry | 33.97× | 190 |
| Testing Laboratories and Services · National industry | 12.08× | 310 |
| Engineering Services · National industry | 10.11× | 1,760 |
| Utilities · Sector | 6.53× | 570 |
| Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction · Sector | 6.14× | 530 |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services · Sector | 3.47× | 5,630 |
| Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction · National industry | 3.4× | 120 |
| Manufacturing · Sector | 2.85× | 5,470 |
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What you can do with this
Options the data surfaces for Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors — not advice or a forecast. Each is a real cross-link you can follow into the evidence.
Skills that travel
Capabilities this work builds that are used across many other occupations.
Adjacent roles
Occupations O*NET rates as related — the nearby moves on the map.
Paths in
How people typically prepare for this work.
- Bachelor's degree · typical entry level
- Job zone 4 — Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed · preparation tier
- Engineering · field of study
Zoom out
On the global GenAI exposure gradient this work sits around the 57th percentile of 427 international occupations.
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Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors show 74th-percentile AI task overlap — and about 1,500 annual U.S. openings
- Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors rank in the 74th percentile (High band) for AI task overlap across U.S. occupations — a measure of how much of the work today's AI can attempt, not how much is automated.Eloundou et al. (GPTs are GPTs) + Felten AIOE
- The occupation is projected to see about 1,500 U.S. job openings per year (2024–34), counting growth and replacement — a labor-demand projection made independently of AI.BLS Employment Projections 2024–34
- BLS projects employment to be about average (+4.4%) from 2024 to 2034.BLS Employment Projections 2024–34
- Median annual pay is $109,660, across about 23,220 U.S. workers.BLS OEWS (May 2024)
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Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors show 74th-percentile AI task overlap — and about 1,500 annual U.S. openings • Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors rank in the 74th percentile (High band) for AI task overlap across U.S. occupations — a measure of how much of the work today's AI can attempt, not how much is automated. (Eloundou et al. (GPTs are GPTs) + Felten AIOE) • The occupation is projected to see about 1,500 U.S. job openings per year (2024–34), counting growth and replacement — a labor-demand projection made independently of AI. (BLS Employment Projections 2024–34) • BLS projects employment to be about average (+4.4%) from 2024 to 2034. (BLS Employment Projections 2024–34) • Median annual pay is $109,660, across about 23,220 U.S. workers. (BLS OEWS (May 2024)) Source: Singulariki — "Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors". https://singulariki.com/roles/role-17-2111-00 Note: AI task overlap measures what today's AI can attempt, not automation, job loss, or a forecast.
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Sources for this page
Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.
- O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
- Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai Microsoft Research
- “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic
- AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans academic
- ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025 International Labour Organization
- IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022 Institute for Structural Research (IBS)
- Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation academic
- Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome academic
Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.
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Singulariki. "Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/roles/role-17-2111-00
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@misc{singulariki-role-17-2111-00,
title = {Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors},
author = {{Singulariki}},
year = {2026},
note = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026},
url = {https://singulariki.com/roles/role-17-2111-00}
} Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.