In New Hampshire, safety and EHS managers earn an estimated median of about $94,000 a year — a figure pulled upward by the state’s precision-manufacturing base and its position at the edge of the Boston labor market. Here’s the detail.
New Hampshire’s estimated median for a safety or EHS manager is about $94,000 a year, with most roles between $73,320 and $126,900, scaled from the BLS OES national median of $83,910 for occupational health & safety specialists (SOC 19-5011, May 2024) to the state’s wage level. Two things push New Hampshire’s number above many of its federal-OSHA-plan peers: a genuine cluster of precision and advanced manufacturing — aerospace and defense components, medical devices, electronics — concentrated in the southern part of the state, and the fact that southern New Hampshire (Nashua and Manchester especially) functions almost as an extension of the Boston labor market, which pulls both wages and cost of living upward. New Hampshire has no state income or sales tax, which softens the higher cost of living somewhat for take-home pay, but housing costs in the Nashua-Manchester corridor run well above the state’s more rural north.
New Hampshire has not adopted its own OSHA State Plan, so workplace safety here is enforced directly by federal OSHA. That puts it in the same regulatory position as most of New England outside of Vermont and Connecticut’s public-sector plan — there is no separate state inspectorate or state-specific safety-manager licensing to track.
Manchester and Nashua, both firmly inside the southern New Hampshire manufacturing and Boston-commuter belt, carry the bulk of the state’s EHS roles, with Concord (state government and healthcare) rounding out the top three.
Get a personalised range by role, experience, industry and certification.
Open the free Salary Estimator →
See also: national salary guide · certification roadmap · all states
What’s the median safety manager salary in New Hampshire?
About $94,000 a year, with a typical range of $73,320 to $126,900 depending on industry, experience, employer size and certification — an estimate anchored on BLS OES data scaled to the state’s wage level.
Does New Hampshire run its own OSHA program?
No. New Hampshire has not adopted an OSHA State Plan, so workplace safety is enforced directly by federal OSHA rather than a state agency.
Why does New Hampshire pay more than some larger states?
A concentration of precision and defense/aerospace manufacturing, plus the fact that southern New Hampshire functions as part of the greater Boston labor market, both pull wages — and cost of living — above what you’d expect for a state this size.
How can I increase my safety salary in New Hampshire?
Get the BCSP CSP, target aerospace, defense or medical-device manufacturers in the southern part of the state, and consider how proximity to the Boston market affects your options. The free salary estimator can model a personalized number.
Salary figures are estimates derived from BLS national OES data scaled to state wage levels — not a guarantee or an offer. Verify current local data with BLS and employers. ← All states · Home