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Safest and Deadliest Cities to Work In

Safest and Deadliest Cities to Work In

Updated on: February 3, 2026 2 MINUTE READ Published on: Feb 03, 2023

Some of the safest cities to work in have the least amount of deaths on the job per capita. Smaller cities in which their economies focus on a specific industry tend to have more workplace deaths.

Some of the most deadly jobs are in these cities and they revolve around manual labor with machinery or outdoor elements that play a major factor in employee safety.

Deadliest & SAFEST Cities to Work In

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Workplace Deaths per 1,000,000

Map callouts (Workplace deaths per 1,000,000)

Mount Vernon, WA: 84.6
Portland, OR: 7
Sacramento, CA: 5.9
San Francisco, CA: 7.2
San Jose, CA: 7.5
Los Angeles, CA: 6.5
San Diego, CA: 7.3
Minneapolis, MN: 6.9
Milwaukee, WI: 7
Green Bay, WI: 32.3
Grand Rapids, MI: 23
Huntington, WV: 34.7
Tulsa, OK: 21.1
Midland, TX: 85.5
Beaumont, TX: 35.8
New Orleans: 30.2
Nashville, TN: 20.4
Anchorage, AK: 30.9
Boston, MA: 7.6
Providence, RI: 7.5
New York, NY: 7.6

SAFEST CITIES by workplace deaths per population in the U.S.

Columns: City | Workplace Fatalities | Population | Deaths Per 1,000,000

Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, CA | 13 | 2,176,235 | 5.97
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 84 | 12,944,801 | 6.49
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 23 | 3,318,486 | 6.93
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 11 | 1,562,216 | 7.04
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 16 | 2,262,605 | 7.07
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 32 | 4,391,037 | 7.29
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 23 | 3,140,069 | 7.32
8(t). Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA | 12 | 1,600,224 | 7.50
8(t). San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 14 | 1,865,450 | 7.50
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 35 | 4,591,112 | 7.62
New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | 145 | 19,015,900 | 7.63

Top 10 Deadliest Jobs
(Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor)

Deaths a Year per 100,000 workers

Fishermen — 116.0
Logging Workers — 91.9
Airplane Pilots & Flight Engineers — 70.6
Farmers & Ranchers — 41.4
Mining Machine Operators — 38.7
Roofers — 32.4
Sanitation Workers — 29.8
Truck Drivers / Delivery Workers — 21.8
Industrial Machine Workers — 20.3
Police Officers — 18.0

Deadliest cities by workplace deaths per population in the U.S.

Columns: City | Workplace Fatalities | Population | Deaths Per 1,000,000

Midland, TX | 12 | 140,308 | 85.53
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | 10 | 118,109 | 84.67
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 14 | 390,535 | 35.85
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 10 | 287,599 | 34.77
Green Bay, WI | 10 | 309,469 | 32.31
Anchorage, AK | 12 | 387,516 | 30.97
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 36 | 1,191,089 | 30.22
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 18 | 779,604 | 23.09
Tulsa, OK | 20 | 946,962 | 21.12
Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, TN | 33 | 1,617,142 | 20.41

Note: All numbers represent the listed cities Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Smaller cities built around specific industry tend to have more dangerous work environments

Midland, TX • Tulsa, OK
Beaumont, TX • Anchorage, AK
Industry: Oil
Mount Vernon, WA
Industry: Construction
Huntington, WV
Industry: Steel Plants
Green Bay, WI
Industry: Paper Mills
New Orleans, LA
Industry: Maritime
Grand Rapids, MI
Nashville, TN
Industry: Auto Manufacturing

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