Pennsylvania’s safety and EHS managers earn an estimated median of about $90,000 a year, in a state whose economy spans legacy heavy industry, a major natural-gas boom, and one of the country’s biggest e-commerce logistics corridors.
Pennsylvania’s estimated median for a safety or EHS manager is about $90,000 a year, with most roles between $70,200 and $121,500, 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. Pennsylvania’s industrial base is unusually layered: Pittsburgh still carries real steel and heavy-manufacturing legacy alongside a large modern healthcare-system employer base, southwestern and northeastern Pennsylvania sit atop the Marcellus Shale and have seen a genuine natural-gas drilling boom over the past decade and a half, and the Lehigh Valley has become one of the country’s biggest e-commerce warehousing and distribution corridors, with major fulfillment centers strung along the I-78/I-81 interstates. That combination — heavy industry, energy extraction, and high-volume logistics — keeps EHS demand broad across very different hazard profiles. Cost of living varies significantly within the state, running moderate in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and considerably lower in the rural center of the state.
Pennsylvania has not adopted its own OSHA State Plan, so workplace safety — across steel and manufacturing, Marcellus Shale gas operations, and the Lehigh Valley’s warehouses alike — is enforced directly by federal OSHA rather than a state agency.
Philadelphia (healthcare, logistics, chemicals) and Pittsburgh (healthcare systems, remaining heavy industry, and a growing tech/robotics sector) anchor the state’s two largest markets, with Allentown — at the heart of the Lehigh Valley’s warehousing and distribution corridor — a distinct and fast-growing third.
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How much do safety managers make in Pennsylvania?
An estimated median of about $90,000 a year, with a typical range of $70,200 to $121,500 depending on industry, experience, employer size and certification — a BLS-anchored estimate, not a guarantee.
Does Pennsylvania have its own OSHA program?
No. Pennsylvania has not adopted an OSHA State Plan, so workplace safety is enforced directly by federal OSHA.
What industries drive Pennsylvania’s safety-manager job market?
Legacy heavy manufacturing and healthcare around Pittsburgh, Marcellus Shale natural-gas drilling in the southwest and northeast, and a major e-commerce logistics corridor in the Lehigh Valley together make Pennsylvania’s EHS demand unusually broad across hazard types.
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