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Will AI Replace Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors?
Task-level automation exposure for Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors: 27 O*NET tasks scored against their work activities, plus the simulator.
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47%
weighted task index
27 of 27 tasks scored
Median Salary
$115,160 / year
BLS OEWS, May 2025 — this exact occupation
Employment Level
Low
21,450 people hold this job — size, not growth
Projected 2025–35
+5.4%
employment change
1,200 openings a year · BLS line item
Pay by state
BLS OEWS publishes 45 state estimates for this occupation. Each is its own survey estimate, not the national median adjusted for local prices.
$76,700 – $131,540
Highest medians
California $131,540
Massachusetts $131,210
New Hampshire $130,500
Ohio $129,560
Washington $126,590
Lowest medians
West Virginia $76,700
Maine $82,140
Hawaii $82,300
Indiana $83,240
Mississippi $87,180
State figures come from the 17-2111 row in the May 2025 state panel. States where the estimate was suppressed or too small to publish are absent.
What the score is made of
Each task is mapped to its work activities, scored for AI automation potential, and weighted by how important those activities are to the job. These are the components.
Automation potential 47%
Importance-weighted mean of the scored tasks. This is the headline index.
Physical work 6%
Share of weighted tasks in hands-on or machine-operating work activities.
Judgment & influence 31%
Share in analysis, decisions, teaching, directing, advising, or caring for others.
Routine administration 8%
Share in documenting, recording, and administrative activities.
Rewritten by O*NET 0%
Share of weighted tasks O*NET rewrote in a recent update. Reported, not folded into the score.
Consequence of error 3/100
Low
O*NET's own rating of how serious an uncorrectable mistake would be here — respondents, not us. Deliberately not in the index: the score measures what AI can do with the task content, and multiplying it by stakes would be our judgment dressed as data.
Constituent Task Mix
27 tasks for this occupation, weighted by work-activity importance. Shares below are of total task weight, not task count.
High exposure (≥ 60% of the task is automatable) 16%
4 tasks
Medium exposure (≥ 35%) 63%
17 tasks
Low exposure (below 35%) 21%
6 tasks
How would you survive?
Move your week away from the high-exposure tasks and toward the ones that need judgment. The simulator recalculates the index as you shift the mix.
Simulate Upskilling →Constituent Tasks
#21860 · Core · 35% automatable
Investigate industrial accidents, injuries, or occupational diseases to determine causes and preventive measures.
physical manipulation — Workplace safety inspection is on-site human
Investigate safety of work environment.
#21861 · Core · 45% automatable
Conduct research to evaluate safety levels for products.
data analysis — Safety data review aided; physical testing human
Research product safety.
#21862 · Core · 45% automatable
Evaluate product designs for safety.
data analysis — Safety data review aided; physical testing human
Research product safety.
#21863 · Core · 55% automatable
Conduct or coordinate worker training in areas such as safety laws and regulations, hazardous condition monitoring, and use of safety equipment.
text generation — Safety standards content AI-draftable; delivery and site context human
Teach safety standards or environmental compliance methods.
#21864 · Core · 80% automatable
Maintain and apply knowledge of current policies, regulations, and industrial processes.
information retrieval — AI tracks technical updates; human validates depth
Update technical knowledge.
#21865 · Core · 55% automatable
Recommend procedures for detection, prevention, and elimination of physical, chemical, or other product hazards.
decision support — General safety advice; accountability and context human
Advise others on health and safety issues.
#21866 · Core · 79% automatable
Report or review findings from accident investigations, facilities inspections, or environmental testing.
text generation — Document test results from provided data
Maintain operational records or records systems. Document design or operational test results.
#21867 · Core · 45% automatable
Evaluate potential health hazards or damage that could occur from product misuse.
data analysis — Safety data review aided; physical testing human
Research product safety.
#21868 · Core · 35% automatable
Evaluate adequacy of actions taken to correct health inspection violations.
physical manipulation — Workplace safety inspection is on-site human
Investigate safety of work environment.
#21869 · Core · 58% automatable
Interpret safety regulations for others interested in industrial safety, such as safety engineers, labor representatives, and safety inspectors.
decision support — AI explains specs; contextual engineering judgment human
Explain engineering drawings, specifications, or other technical information.
#21870 · Core · 60% automatable
Review plans and specifications for construction of new machinery or equipment to determine whether all safety requirements have been met.
decision support — Design quality evaluation needs engineering judgment
Evaluate designs or specifications to ensure quality.
#21871 · Core · 78% automatable
Participate in preparation of product usage and precautionary label instructions.
text generation — Draft procedural documents from provided content
Prepare procedural documents.
#21872 · Core · 35% automatable
Interview employers and employees to obtain information about work environments and workplace incidents.
physical manipulation — Workplace safety inspection is on-site human
Investigate safety of work environment.
#21873 · Core · 15% automatable
Provide expert testimony in litigation cases.
interpersonal — Testimony carries legal accountability and live presence
Testify at legal or legislative proceedings.
#21874 · Core · 35% automatable
Review employee safety programs to determine their adequacy.
physical manipulation — Workplace safety inspection is on-site human
Investigate safety of work environment.
#21875 · Core · 22% automatable
Conduct or direct testing of air quality, noise, temperature, or radiation levels to verify compliance with health and safety regulations.
physical manipulation — Environmental hazard testing needs on-site sampling
Test facilities for environmental hazards.
#21876 · Core · 55% automatable
Provide technical advice and guidance to organizations on how to handle health-related problems and make needed changes.
decision support — General safety advice; accountability and context human
Advise others on health and safety issues.
#21877 · Core · 55% automatable
Develop industry standards of product safety.
text generation — Policy drafts aided; organizational adoption human
Develop safety standards, policies, or procedures.
#21878 · Core · 55% automatable
Maintain liaisons with outside organizations, such as fire departments, mutual aid societies, and rescue teams, so that emergency responses can be facilitated.
interpersonal — Conferring with technical staff on plans is relational work
Confer with technical personnel to prepare designs or operational plans.
#21879 · Core · 42% automatable
Plan and conduct industrial hygiene research.
data analysis — Human factors analysis aided; empirical studies human
Research human performance or health factors related to engineering or design activities.
#21880 · Core · 55% automatable
Compile, analyze, and interpret statistical data related to occupational illnesses and accidents.
data analysis — Impact assessment aided; site-specific data human
Investigate the environmental impact of projects.
#21881 · Core · 55% automatable
Write and revise safety regulations and codes.
text generation — Policy drafts aided; organizational adoption human
Develop safety standards, policies, or procedures.
#21882 · Core · 56% automatable
Confer with medical professionals to assess health risks and to develop ways to manage health issues and concerns.
decision support — Design problem conferral aided; accountability stays human
Confer with technical personnel to prepare designs or operational plans. Confer with other personnel to resolve design or operational problems.
#21883 · Supplemental · 28% automatable
Design and build safety equipment.
decision support — AI drafts equipment designs; engineer owns manufacturability
Fabricate devices or components. Design industrial equipment.
#21884 · Supplemental · 22% automatable
Check floors of plants to ensure that they are strong enough to support heavy machinery.
visual inspection — Physical site verification against specs is human
Inspect facilities or sites to determine if they meet specifications or standards.
#21885 · Core · 27% automatable
Inspect facilities, machinery, or safety equipment to identify and correct potential hazards, and to ensure safety regulation compliance.
visual inspection — AI can review footage; human inspects physical workplace
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.
#21886 · Core · 12% automatable
Install safety devices on machinery or direct device installation.
physical manipulation — Installation direction is hands-on site supervision
Install safety or support equipment. Direct installation activities.
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How this was scored
- 1. Tasks. O*NET task statements for this occupation, from a release whose newest record is dated 08/2026.
- 2. Work activities. Each task maps to 1–5 Detailed Work Activities; each activity belongs to one of 41 Generalized Work Activities that O*NET rates for importance (1–5) in this occupation.
- 3. Automation potential. Every work activity carries one score for how far current AI can perform it end-to-end. Tasks inherit the mean of their activities.
- 4. Weighting. Task weight = 0.35 + 0.65 × (importance − 1)/4, scaled by how often the task is performed and by 0.7 for Supplemental tasks. Importance is the task's own O*NET rating where it exists (18,369 of 18,838 tasks); the rest inherit their work activities' importance. The index is the weighted mean.
Check: across the 910 occupations where O*NET also rates how far machine speed sets the pace, this index moves opposite to it (Spearman ρ = -0.49). The more a job is paced by equipment, the less of its task content AI can address — the relationship you would expect if the scoring is working.
Sources · O*NET 31.0 (task records to 08/2026) · BLS OEWS May 2025 · BLS projections 2025-2035 · rubric v2.1 · tasks for O*NET, not a forecast
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