Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$90,730
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$31,000
25.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$93,056
Pennsylvania costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Pennsylvania — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$121,730
Kept after tax
$90,730
Worth in national money
$93,056
State rank
7
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Pennsylvania pays this job a middle wage of $121,730, ranking 7 of 45 states and sitting about 5.71% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 492 occupations Pennsylvania reports, this job comes in at 27 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $121,730 the take-home is $90,730, which is worth about $93,056 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $121,410, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Pennsylvania's median for health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors is $121,730, about 5.71% above the national figure and 7 of 45 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors ranks 27 of 492 occupations by median in Pennsylvania, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Pennsylvania's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors on its $121,730 median: $90,730 retained after tax becomes $93,056 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $121,410 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $70,560 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $121,730 |
| Top tenth earn over | $173,320 |
| This salary | $121,730 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Pennsylvania | $90,730 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $94,467 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,157 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $116,418 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,742 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Pennsylvania earn less than $121,730. The published range is $70,560 up to $173,320, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $90,730 take-home in Pennsylvania comes from $121,730. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 27 of 492.
- Two cautions on $93,056, the adjusted value of that $121,730 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Pennsylvania. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 27 of 492 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors in Pennsylvania the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $70,560 to $173,320. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $90,730, from $121,730, assumes a single Pennsylvania filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 27 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 45 for it.
- This $93,056 adjusted figure, worked from $121,730, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 27 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 27 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $70,560 at the bottom tenth to $173,320 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Pennsylvania is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $93,056 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Pennsylvania then takes its own share, leaving $90,730.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($70,560) and the ninetieth ($173,320) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Pennsylvania's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $93,056 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $90,730 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Pennsylvania income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.