SOC 19-5011 · Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations · May 2025

How much do Occupational Health and Safety Specialists make in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Occupational Health and Safety Specialists in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is $90,310. The 10th percentile is $63,850 and the 90th percentile is $127,970. Employment is 230.

Median annual wage

$90,310

10th percentile
$63,850
25th percentile
$74,100
Median
$90,310
75th percentile
$106,540
90th percentile
$127,970
Mean
$93,110

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Denali transit bus driver Gary at Teklanika Rest Stop, August 29, 2019. Photograph by Emily Mesner, National Park Service. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Occupational Health and Safety Specialists, the published 10th percentile is $63,850 and the 90th percentile is $127,970. The difference is $64,120, which is 71.0% 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 $74,100 to the 75th at $106,540, covers $32,440.

The mean annual wage is $93,110, which sits above the median of $90,310. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA median is 0.2% higher than the national median of $90,150 for Occupational Health and Safety Specialists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $89,999, which is 0.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 12.3% lower than the Washington median of $102,920.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is 100.346, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $90,310 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Occupational Health and Safety Specialists at $89,999 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

10 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Occupational Health and Safety Specialists. Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ranks 7th of 11 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).).

  • Coeur d'Alene, ID is 53 miles away, with a median of $79,940 and employment of 30. That median is 11.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $81,328, against $89,999 here.
  • Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA is 123 miles away, with a median of $93,430 and employment of 50. That median is 3.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $89,962, against $89,999 here.
  • Lewiston, ID-WA is 132 miles away, with a median of $84,990 and employment of 30. That median is 5.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $93,232, against $89,999 here.

Employment share

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists accounts for 0.09% of wage-and-salary employment in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA (230 of 255,820). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (140,610 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.99 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Occupational Health and Safety Specialists make in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Occupational Health and Safety Specialists in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is $90,310. The 10th percentile is $63,850 and the 90th percentile is $127,970. Employment is 230.

How does that compare with the national median for Occupational Health and Safety Specialists?

The local median is 0.2% higher than the national median of $90,150.

What is Occupational Health and Safety Specialists pay in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is 100.346, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $90,310 is $89,999. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA compare with nearby metros for Occupational Health and Safety Specialists?

Coeur d'Alene, ID is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 53 miles away, at $79,940. Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ranks 7th of 11 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.