Mid-Level

Loss Control Manager

The person who manages loss control activities — typically for an insurance carrier, broker, or risk management department — assessing risk at insured properties or operations, and partnering with insureds on risk improvement.

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Job markets for Loss Control Managers
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What it's like

What it's like to be a Loss Control Manager

Most days tend to involve a blend of site visits, risk assessment, and partner coordination with insureds and underwriters — visiting insured properties or operations, evaluating risk factors, and producing reports and recommendations. You'll often spend part of the time on partner work with insured operations on implementing risk improvements.

The harder part is often the technical breadth the work requires across very different operations combined with the road time field work involves. You'll typically coordinate with insureds, underwriters, and brokers, where careful work shapes both underwriting and the insured's safety outcomes.

People who tend to thrive here are technically grounded, comfortable with travel and varied work environments, and skilled at the relational side of risk consulting. The trade-off is the road time and the cumulative work of carrying risk improvement responsibility across a portfolio. If you find satisfaction in producing loss control work that genuinely improves safety, the role can be a meaningful niche in insurance and risk.

AchievementAbove avg
RelationshipsAbove avg
IndependenceAbove avg
Working ConditionsModerate
RecognitionModerate
SupportModerate
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Career Paths

Where this role sits in the broader career landscape — and where it can take you.

$239K$179K$119K$60K$0KLower paying387 metro areas, sorted by salary level
All experience levels1
This level's estimated range
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1 BLS OEWS May 2024 covers all Loss Control Managers (SOC 11-9199.08), not just this title · BEA RPP 2023
* Top salaries exceed this figure. BLS caps reported wages at ~$240K to protect individual privacy in high-earning roles.
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The Broader Landscape

Roles like this one sit within a broader occupational category. The numbers below reflect that full landscape — helpful for context, but your specific experience will depend on level, specialty, and where you work.

$69K–$228K
Salary Range
10th – 90th percentile
631K
U.S. Employment
+4.5%
10yr Growth
107K
Annual Openings

How this category is changing

$74K$71K$68K$65K$62K201920202021202220232024$62K$74K
BLS OEWS May 2024 · BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034

Skills & Requirements

Active ListeningSpeakingReading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingMonitoringInstructingJudgment and Decision MakingTime ManagementComplex Problem SolvingSystems Analysis
O*NET OnLine · Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Federal data: BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (May 2024) · BLS Employment Projections · O*NET OnLine
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