State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: Arizona vs California
Health and Safety Engineers in California earn a median of $131,540. In Arizona, $106,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.1% — not 19.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.1%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-11.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $106,370
- p25
- $87,250
- p75
- $135,810
- p10
- $79,950
- p90
- $161,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.