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Occupational Health and Safety Technicians pay in Greensboro-High Point, NC and Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Occupational Health and Safety Technicians is $61,610 per year in Greensboro-High Point, NC. It is $102,640 per year in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT. Greensboro-High Point, NC is 40.0% below Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 19-5012 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 50 wage and salary jobs in Greensboro-High Point, NC and 40 in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT. 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.