A new American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) membership compensation analysis survey found the average member salary in 2003 to be $74,000 with half of the respondents receiving a bonus of between $1,000 - $5,000. Also, the majority of those surveyed anticipate a salary increase this year of about 4.6 percent, or between one and five percent of their current salary base.
Conducted by Block Research, Inc., the survey found that professional ASSE members (those with a P.E., CSP, CIH, CHP, CRSP or IOSH-RSP or BA from an accredited college plus ten years of safety experience) earn nearly $10,000 more.