State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: California vs Delaware
Health and Safety Engineers in California earn a median of $131,540. In Delaware, $118,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.1% — not 11.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+11.1%
California vs Delaware
COL-adjusted gap
+0.1%
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%
Delaware
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $118,440
- p25
- $94,280
- p75
- $145,230
- p10
- $85,640
- p90
- $146,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.