State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: Arkansas vs California
Health and Safety Engineers in California earn a median of $131,540. In Arkansas, $101,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.6% — not 22.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.8%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-1.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $101,590
- p25
- $74,090
- p75
- $123,410
- p10
- $51,670
- p90
- $151,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.