Education Analysis

Education Requirements for Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors

Does degree level affect salary? Based on education data in DOL PERM (green card) filings.

Salary by Education Level

What the Data Shows

For Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors positions, filings requiring a Master's degree carried an average declared salary of $103,669 versus $98,928 for those requiring a Bachelor's - a premium of +4.8%. Across all certified filings with a stated education level, 50.3% accepted a Bachelor's degree as the minimum requirement.

Education vs Salary

Education LevelAverage SalaryFilings% of Total
None$107,64242.3%
Doctorate$103,78752.8%
Master's$103,6697743.5%
Bachelor's$98,9288950.3%
Associate's$87,49521.1%

Education by Top Employer

EmployerMost Common Minimum% Bachelor's% Master'sMedian Salary
Intertek Testing Services NA, Inc. Bachelor's 75% 25% $63,939
TUV SUD America, Inc. Bachelor's 100% 0% $83,366
Factory Mutual Insurance Company Doctorate 0% 0% $99,258
Shell International Exploration and Production Inc N/A N/A N/A $136,000
AIG PC Global Services, Inc. N/A N/A N/A $72,800
Provenance Consulting, LLC Bachelor's 100% 0% $70,595
Broken Hill Proprietary (USA), Inc. N/A N/A N/A $137,342
Environmental Resources Management Southwest, Inc. Bachelor's 100% 0% $101,063
AON FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEERING N/A N/A N/A $72,000
WS ATKINS INC N/A N/A N/A $103,192
TechData Service Company LLC Master's 0% 100% $86,320
Technip USA, Inc. N/A N/A N/A $98,000
Jensen Hughes Master's 0% 100% $89,187
ioMosaic Corporation Bachelor's 100% 0% $86,084
Honeywell International Inc. Bachelor's 100% 0% $114,851
Shell Exploration and Production Company N/A N/A N/A $116,600
SBM ATLANTIA, INC. N/A N/A N/A $81,131
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS U.S. CORPORATION N/A N/A N/A $82,586
Medtronic, Inc. N/A N/A N/A $75,546
Fluor Enterprises, Inc. N/A N/A N/A $130,000