How much do loss control specialists make in 2026?
Loss control specialists are reported inside SOC 19-5011, occupational health and safety specialists, which BLS OEWS May 2025 puts at a national median of $90,150 a year, or $43.34 an hour, with a P10 to P90 range of $55,000 to $134,950 across 140,610 workers. That is a broad match and the disclosure matters: the code is dominated by in-house safety professionals working for employers, while loss control specialists work for insurance carriers and brokers, surveying policyholders' operations to price and improve the risk. The work is similar in technique and different in purpose, and the pay reflects that. Carrier loss control roles cluster around the middle of this band, with the upper quartile occupied by specialists in high-hazard classes: construction, energy, chemical, food processing and large fleet operations, where a single survey can change the underwriting decision on a substantial account. The credential that most reliably moves people up is the Associate in Loss Control Management or a Board of Certified Safety Professionals designation, combined with genuine technical depth in a hazard class. BLS projects 12.5% growth through 2034 with roughly 14,900 openings a year, which is strong for a technical specialism. → Full loss control specialist 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.
- Loss Control Specialists 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.
- This is a broad SOC match: the wage row is occupational health and safety specialists overall, a population dominated by employer-side safety staff rather than carrier loss control surveyors.
- Hazard-class specialism drives position in the band, with construction, energy, chemical and large fleet work sitting in the upper quartile because the underwriting stakes on those accounts are highest.
- BLS Employment Projections put growth at 12.5% through 2034 with roughly 14,900 openings a year, one of the stronger rates among technical insurance specialisms.
US Loss Control Specialist Pay Distribution · BLS OEWS May 2025
Pay by Level · BLS OEWS May 2025
How much do loss control specialists 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 a loss control specialist earn at each career stage?
Loss control pay follows hazard-class depth and account size. Each median below is anchored to the BLS OEWS distribution for SOC 19-5011.
By State
Which states pay loss control specialists the most in 2026?
These are modeled state estimates, not BLS state observations: the national median for SOC 19-5011 scaled by the GlobalCybers state wage index. Loss control territories are drawn around risk concentration rather than state lines, and much of the work is field-based across a multi-state territory, so this table is best read as cost-of-living context for where a specialist is based.
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 loss control specialists the most?
Metro figures are modeled, national median times state wage index times published metro index, not BLS metropolitan observations. Field loss control roles are frequently home-based with a regional territory, so the metro in the pay record and the metro where the work happens are often different places.
BLS OEWS MSA estimates, May 2025. Nominal pay — weigh each metro against its cost of living before relocating.
Certification Impact
Which certifications raise a loss control specialist’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 loss control specialist pay compare to related roles?
BLS OEWS national median across the closest trades. Loss Control Specialists 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 loss control specialist wages on BLS.gov →
Take-Home Pay
What does a loss control specialist 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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