State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: Alaska vs Massachusetts
Health and Safety Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $131,210. In Alaska, $102,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.1% — not 21.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.7%
Alaska vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-19.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $102,690
- p25
- $96,640
- p75
- $135,070
- p10
- $96,610
- p90
- $163,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
Massachusetts
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $131,210
- p25
- $102,940
- p75
- $175,410
- p10
- $94,340
- p90
- $215,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +75%
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.