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What the wage survey shows
Median
$90,150
Bottom tenth
$55,000
Top tenth
$134,950
The national median is $90,150 a year, the bottom tenth earn $55,000 or less and the top tenth $134,950 or more, in the 2025 survey. One important caveat: the federal survey has no health inspector line. It counts the job inside occupational health and safety specialists, which also covers industry safety officers in oil, chemicals and construction. There is no separate figure for health inspectors.