State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: Arkansas vs Massachusetts
Health and Safety Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $131,210. In Arkansas, $101,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.7% — not 22.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.6%
Arkansas vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-5.7%
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
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.