Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $108K, rent takes 19.2% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,272/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors typically earn — is $72K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $4,295/month. At HUD’s $1,272/month FMR, rent would take 30% of that take-home — manageable on an entry-level income.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $108K locally vs. $115K nationally, a 6% difference.

Michigan pays $108K median vs. the U.S. average of $115K — that’s -6%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 93.89), the purchasing-power equivalent is $115K — below the national median.

The median is $107,780 a year, that works out to about $52 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $71,590, and experienced health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors can clear $165,030. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $6,636/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,272/month, which eats 19.2% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Michigan has a Regional Price Parity of 93.89 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors salary is worth about $114,794 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.