Compare A Safety Engineer ↔ B Environmental Scientist

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1 move · -$31,440 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Environmental Scientist: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Environmental Scientist hold one).

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Safety Engineer to Environmental Scientist -$31,440 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.78.
- Gates: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Environmental Scientist hold one).
- Skills to build: Science, Coordination, Active Learning

Side by side

All Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health: Texas median $92,000, $31,440 less a year than all Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors ($123,440), every experience level.

Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k

$123,440-$31,440$92,000

Gates on the route: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Environmental Scientist hold one).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +11.9% Texas, 220 openings a year

B +15.4% Texas, 440 openings a year

Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first

2.4 / 5-0.81.6 / 5

High places-1.44High places: A 2.6, B 1.16
Hazardous equipment-1.39Hazardous equipment: A 2.87, B 1.48
Very hot or cold-1.12Very hot or cold: A 2.84, B 1.72
Protective gear-1.06Protective gear: A 2.39, B 1.33
Cramped space-0.90Cramped space: A 2.17, B 1.27

Degree

A Degree data UNAVAILABLE in O*NET.

B Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 78%).

License

A Texas PE license (TBPELS) is required for the practice of engineering as defined in Occ. Code 1001.003; whether this job needs it depends on the work.

B No license for this job title at the 8 Texas and federal licensing agencies read on 2026-10-03 (TDLR, TSBPE, TCEQ, TCFP, TEA, TBPELS, NRC and EPA).

Experience

A Experience data UNAVAILABLE in O*NET.

B Most common related work experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 29%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Active Listening
Reading Comprehension
Writing
Critical Thinking
Monitoring
Judgment and Decision Making

To build: 4

Science +1.50
Coordination +0.62
Active Learning +0.50
Management of Personnel Resources +0.50

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Save Safety Engineer to Environmental Scientist as your goal. Each step then shows the hours you have logged toward it, your exam practice and your license, with the one thing to do next and the 4 skills to build as a checklist. Free with an account.