State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: California vs Georgia
Health and Safety Engineers in California earn a median of $131,540. In Georgia, $105,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.1% — not 24.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.2%
California vs Georgia
COL-adjusted gap
+8.1%
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%
Georgia
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $105,880
- p25
- $83,500
- p75
- $133,720
- p10
- $64,000
- p90
- $163,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.