How much do ehs managers make in 2026?
EHS managers are counted in the BLS occupational health and safety specialists series: OEWS May 2025 puts the SOC 19-5011 national median at $90,150 a year ($43.34 an hour), with the bottom 10% near $55,000 and the top 10% at $134,950 across 140,610 workers. That code pools specialists and managers together and is shared with our safety manager, safety compliance manager and site safety manager pages, so it is not an EHS-manager-specific figure and managers generally sit above its midpoint. What distinguishes this role from a pure safety manager is the environmental portfolio bolted onto the safety one: air and water permits, waste generator status, SPCC and stormwater plans, Tier II and TRI reporting, and the agency inspections that come with them. Carrying both means the employer avoids retaining a separate environmental consultant, and the pay reflects that consolidation. Scope compounds it — a single-site EHS manager and a corporate EHS manager covering a dozen facilities across several states do a materially different job for materially different money, with the multi-site role sitting in the top quartile of this band. Employment is projected to grow 12.5% through 2034 with roughly 14,900 openings a year. → Full ehs manager career guide, career path, credentials & placement →
Note: $90,150 blends every experience level and every setting in this occupation. For pay by level alone, see Pay by Level below.
- EHS Managers earn a national median $90,150/yr ($43.34/hr) (BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 19-5011); the P10 to P90 range is $55,000 to $134,950.
- Carrying environmental permitting and reporting alongside safety is what separates this role from a safety manager, and it is the clearest reason EHS managers sit above the $90,150 pooled midpoint.
- Scope compounds specialism: multi-site and corporate EHS managers covering facilities across several regulatory regimes sit in the top quartile of the $55,000 to $134,950 band.
- The pooled code contains specialists and managers together, so read the published median as the middle of the profession rather than as a manager benchmark.
US EHS Manager Pay Distribution · BLS OEWS May 2025
Pay by Level · BLS OEWS May 2025
How much do ehs managers earn at each level?
BLS OEWS publishes one blended wage for the whole occupation and does not break pay out by credential or practice level. The levels below distribute the published percentile range across the credential tiers this role actually hires at.
Level medians are aligned to the BLS OEWS May 2025 percentile distribution for SOC 19-5011; GlobalCybers does not yet publish a verified placement sample for this role, so no verified median is shown.
Methodology & Sources
How the numbers on this page are built
Published (BLS): BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 19-5011, United States national estimate. Public, methodologically rigorous, but sampled on a rolling 3-year basis and published ~10 months after collection — so it reflects wages that are already 1–2 years old by the time you read them.
Level and certification medians: distributed across the published BLS percentile range for this SOC code (P10 through P90) according to the credential tiers this occupation actually hires at. They are modeled reference points, not separately surveyed wages.
State and metro figures: modeled — the BLS national median multiplied by the GlobalCybers state wage index, and for metros by the published metro index for that state. They are estimates of local pay, not BLS state or metropolitan-area observations, and are labelled as modeled in the tables below.
No verified placement sample:GlobalCybers does not yet publish a placement median for this role, so no "verified" figure appears anywhere on this page.
Pay by Career Level
How much does an ehs manager earn at each career stage?
EHS pay follows the breadth of regulatory ownership and the number of sites you answer for. Each median is anchored to the BLS OEWS distribution for SOC 19-5011.
By State
Which states pay ehs managers the most in 2026?
These are modeled state estimates — the pooled national occupational health and safety median scaled by the GlobalCybers state wage index — not BLS state observations. States that run their own OSHA-approved plans and their own environmental permitting programmes impose more work on an EHS function, which supports demand independently of the wage index.
6 of 51 state guides shown, ranked by median. Bar is relative to California ($103,670), the highest-paying state shown. See all 51 state salary guides →
By Metro
Which cities pay ehs managers the most?
Modeled metro estimates: the national median scaled by the state wage index and then by that state's published metro index. They estimate local wage levels and are not BLS metropolitan-area observations. Metros with heavy manufacturing, chemical or logistics concentrations generate the multi-site EHS roles that sit at the top of this band.
BLS OEWS MSA estimates, May 2025. Nominal pay — weigh each metro against its cost of living before relocating.
Certification Impact
Which certifications raise an ehs manager’s pay the most?
Median annual pay before and after each credential, based on GlobalCybers placement data cross-referenced with BLS. License upgrades move the needle most; stackable certs add on top.
Impacts are not additive, the licensing rows share the same career ladder. Browse all 167 certifications →
Trade Comparison
How does ehs manager pay compare to related roles?
BLS OEWS national median across the closest trades. EHS Managers sit mid-pack on median but carry one of the widest P10–P90 spreads, licensing and specialization drive the upside.
BLS OEWS May 2025. Verify ehs manager wages on BLS.gov →
Take-Home Pay
What does an ehs manager actually take home after taxes?
The medians above are gross base wage.
Estimates use 2026 federal brackets, standard deduction, and 7.65% FICA. Actual take-home varies with filing status, deductions, and local tax.
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