State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: Arizona vs Massachusetts
Health and Safety Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $131,210. In Arizona, $106,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.8% — not 18.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.9%
Arizona vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-14.8%
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%
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.