State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: Alabama vs California
Health and Safety Engineers in California earn a median of $131,540. In Alabama, $105,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0% — not 19.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.8%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
0%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $105,490
- p25
- $85,600
- p75
- $134,100
- p10
- $68,420
- p90
- $165,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
California
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $131,540
- p25
- $103,460
- p75
- $161,160
- p10
- $83,210
- p90
- $175,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +43%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.