Compared with the local labor market
Health Specialist IV pay vs. Texas
Across all employers in Texas, the median wage for Occupational Health and Safety Specialists — about 17,920 people — is $79,660. Texas Juvenile Justice Department pays a median base salary of $84,587 for this role, 6% above that figure — about the 55th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Texas Juvenile Justice Department sits in the local pay range
$46,380
$61,500
$79,660
$102,950
$126,500
Texas Juvenile Justice Department median · $84,587
The bar is the range of annual wages for Occupational Health and Safety Specialists across every employer in Texas, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Texas Juvenile Justice Department’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Occupational Health and Safety Specialists — about 140,610 people — is $90,150. Texas Juvenile Justice Department’s median base salary is 6% below that national figure, about the 43rd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$55,000
$69,560
$90,150
$111,690
$134,950
Texas Juvenile Justice Department median · $84,587
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Texas range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Texas Juvenile Justice Department is $84,587, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.