State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: California vs Illinois
Health and Safety Engineers in California earn a median of $131,540. In Illinois, $111,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.7% — not 18.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.1%
California vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+6.7%
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%
Illinois
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $111,370
- p25
- $93,020
- p75
- $137,360
- p10
- $63,170
- p90
- $158,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.