Occupational Health and Safety Specialists in Michigan earn a median of $84,080 a year (7% below the U.S. median of $90,150), based on about 3,350 jobs. Pay for the same job differs a lot by employer, experience, industry and city within Michigan. These are wages of employees in the occupation, not a forecast for any individual.

Median annual pay

$84,080

7% below the U.S. median of $90,150

Average annual pay

$87,530

Mean wage

Pay range

$55,610–$125,350

10th to 90th percentile

Jobs in the state

3,350

Employees, May 2025

Median hourly pay

$40.42

Before taxes

The state's price level is 96.2 (U.S. average = 100), so a median of $84,080 here equals roughly $87,401 after adjusting for the state's price level.

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Fields of study linked to this career by the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk (U.S. Department of Education, NCES, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics; a classification crosswalk, and many workers entered by other routes): Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians · Public Health

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, state estimates (employees only; self-employed workers are not included); price-level adjustment uses the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities (where 100 is the U.S. average; MajorPays' calculation). Wages are for an occupation in a state as a whole and vary widely by employer, experience, industry and place within the state. MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; neither agency has approved or endorsed this presentation. See Data sources for each dataset's terms.