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Average Occupational Health And Safety Specialists Salary in Kennewick-Richland, WA

Occupational Health And Safety Specialists in Kennewick-Richland, WA earn a median annual salary of $125,970, which is +39.7% compared to the national median. There are 290 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Kennewick-Richland, WA (metro area).

$125,970
Kennewick-Richland, WA median annual wage
$61/hour median
+39.7%
Difference vs national median
National median is $90,150
290
Local employment
2.3 jobs per 1,000 workers
2.52
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$75,020
25th
$98,690
Median
$125,970
75th
$146,810
90th
$167,760

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Kennewick-Richland, WA, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
100.1%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$125,871
Goods: 105.0%
Services: 93.6%
Rents: 94.8%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $128,980 Compare 830
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $126,860 Compare 2,550
Niles, MI $113,680 Compare 70
Lawrence, KS $109,740 Compare 40
Napa, CA $109,560 Compare 40
Vallejo, CA $109,550 Compare 170

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Kennewick-Richland, WA

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Physicians, All Other $304,090 0.79
Chief Executives $287,180 0.42
Natural Sciences Managers $215,860 1.24
Dentists, General $203,250 1.01
Architectural And Engineering Managers $199,380 1.78
Computer And Information Systems Managers $175,970 0.27
Purchasing Managers $169,520 0.85
Financial Managers $168,000 0.44

Kennewick-Richland, WA has salary data for 341 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Physicians, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Occupational Health And Safety Specialists in Kennewick-Richland, WA

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Occupational Health And Safety Specialists are projected to change by +12.5% from 2024 to 2034, with 14,900 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.