Director of Environmental Health and Safety, Defense and Aerospace

Manages a team responsible for managing workplace safety for defense and aerospace.

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Compensation by seniority

Simulated

Median

$265k

Mean

$276k

10th–90th pct

$202k–$366k

Observations

478

Confidence: 34% · based on 478 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

61% require · 21% prefer

Master's Degree

22% require · 30% prefer

No College

14% require · 9% prefer

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Common next roles

Defense and Aerospace Safety Engineer-55.5%Director of Quality, Defense and Aerospace-9.3%Defense and Aerospace Safety Coordinator-59.6%Defense and Aerospace Quality Engineer-54.9%Defense and Aerospace Quality Technician-60.9%

Common previous roles

Defense and Aerospace Safety Engineer-124.6%Defense and Aerospace Safety Coordinator-147.7%Defense and Aerospace Quality Engineer-121.5%Defense and Aerospace Quality Technician-155.5%Director of Quality, Defense and Aerospace-10.3%

Demand snapshot

Active openings (simulated)9,935

Posting growth-8.7%

Median days to fill66 days

Simulated

Employed (US, simulated)122,947

Projected growth1.8%/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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