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Occupational Health and Safety Specialists pay in District of Columbia and Illinois
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Occupational Health and Safety Specialists is $111,530 per year in District of Columbia. It is $98,270 per year in Illinois. District of Columbia is 13.5% above Illinois on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 19-5011 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 280 wage and salary jobs in District of Columbia and 2,900 in Illinois. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.