State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: California vs Colorado
Health and Safety Engineers in California earn a median of $131,540. In Colorado, $120,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.3% — not 8.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+8.8%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+1.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Colorado
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $120,950
- p25
- $99,790
- p75
- $159,850
- p10
- $84,400
- p90
- $178,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.