Taking the Pulse of the Safety Profession: Results from the 2025 National Safety & Salary Survey

The survey uncovers trends in compensation, safety practices, technology use, and job perceptions, providing a snapshot of the evolving safety landscape in 2025.

Dave Blanchard

Nov. 3, 2025

Time again to reveal the results of EHS Today’s annual readership study: The 2025 National Safety and Salary Survey. We received fully completed responses from 662 EHS professionals, who were open and candid about how much they earn, where they live, what they do, how long they've been doing it, how well they feel supported as safety professionals, and how much they like (or don't like) their jobs. All responses were anonymous.

In addition to detailed salary breakdowns, the charts in the following slideshow also reveal the types of technologies safety professionals use to protect their workers, the leading indicators they track, what areas of workplace safety they're personally responsible for, the most common types of injuries on the job, and much more.

Feel free to add your own observations and insights in the comments section below.

About the Author

Dave Blanchard

Editor-in-Chief / Senior Director of Content

During his career Dave Blanchard has led the editorial management of many of Endeavor Business Media's best-known brands, including IndustryWeek, EHS Today, Material Handling & Logistics, Logistics Today, Supply Chain Technology News, and Business Finance. In addition, he serves as senior content director of the annual Safety Leadership Conference. With over 30 years of B2B media experience, Dave literally wrote the book on supply chain management, Supply Chain Management Best Practices (John Wiley & Sons, 2021), which has been translated into several languages and is currently in its third edition. Prior to joining Endeavor/Informa/Penton, he spent a decade covering the artificial intelligence industry. He is a frequent speaker and moderator at major trade shows and conferences, and has won numerous awards for writing and editing. He is a voting member of the jury of the Logistics Hall of Fame, and is a graduate of Northern Illinois University.