Safety and Compliance Manager, Skilled Trades

Manages a team responsible for estimating and ensuring safety on skilled trades projects.

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Compensation by seniority

Simulated

Median

$123k

Mean

$128k

10th–90th pct

$94k–$170k

Observations

864

Confidence: 35% · based on 864 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

Blueprint Reading

Process Improvement

Education requirements

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

Simulated

Trade School

44% require · 26% prefer

Certificate

31% require · 20% prefer

No College

16% require · 14% prefer

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Common next roles

Skilled Trades Crew Supervisor+1.8%Skilled Trades Estimating Assistant-44.1%Skilled Trades Estimator-45.0%Skilled Trades Apprentice-67.2%Skilled Trades Journeyman Tradesperson-42.7%

Common previous roles

Skilled Trades Apprentice-205.1%Skilled Trades Estimating Assistant-79.0%Skilled Trades Journeyman Tradesperson-74.6%Skilled Trades Estimator-81.7%Skilled Trades Crew Supervisor+1.8%

Demand snapshot

Active openings (simulated)9,096

Posting growth+26%

Median days to fill39 days

Simulated

Employed (US, simulated)21,240

Projected growth5.9%/yr

Simulated

Role characteristics

Remote-friendliness15%

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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