Director of Environmental Health and Safety, Automotive

Manages a team responsible for managing workplace safety for automotive.

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Compensation by seniority

Simulated

Median

$250k

Mean

$260k

10th–90th pct

$190k–$345k

Observations

867

Confidence: 35% · based on 867 simulated observations · last updated 7/27/2026

Historical trend & projection

Median total compensation at the typical seniority level for this role, 2021–2025, projected forward under three scenarios.

Simulated

Common skills

People Management

Core

Strategic Planning

Core

Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)

Process Improvement

Education requirements

Share of postings that require or prefer each level — a signal of typical hiring bars, not a hard rule.

Simulated

Bachelor's Degree

56% require · 24% prefer

Master's Degree

15% require · 31% prefer

No College

22% require · 15% prefer

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Common next roles

Automotive Safety Coordinator-54.9%Automotive Safety Engineer-57.6%Director of Quality, Automotive+3.9%Automotive Quality Technician-54.4%Automotive Quality Engineer-52.1%

Common previous roles

Automotive Safety Coordinator-121.5%Automotive Safety Engineer-136.1%Automotive Quality Engineer-108.7%Automotive Quality Technician-119.3%Director of Quality, Automotive+3.7%

Demand snapshot

Active openings (simulated)9,810

Posting growth-6.8%

Median days to fill64 days

Simulated

Employed (US, simulated)61,331

Projected growth4.7%/yr

Simulated

Role characteristics

Remote-friendliness5%

Automation exposure15%

Sources & freshness

Compensation and demand figures on this page are simulated demo data, deterministically generated for this build of CareerAtlas — not verified real-world observations.

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