How much do Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors make in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA?

Percentile spread

For Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors, the published 10th percentile is $90,990 and the 90th percentile is $172,440. The difference is $81,450, which is 65.2% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $96,450 to the 75th at $138,910, covers $42,460.

The mean annual wage is $128,760, which sits above the median of $124,960. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA median is 8.5% higher than the national median of $115,160 for Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors. In 2024 national prices the local median is $118,534, which is 2.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 7.7% higher than the Oregon median of $116,020.

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Oregon, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is 105.421, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $124,960 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors at $118,534 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA ranks 3rd of 3 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 134 miles away, with a median of $129,820 and employment of 210. That median is 3.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $116,815, against $118,534 here.
• Kennewick-Richland, WA is 164 miles away, with a median of $149,740 and employment of 100. That median is 19.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $149,622, against $118,534 here.

Employment share

Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA (150 of 1,208,410). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (21,450 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.90 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.