State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: California vs Kansas
Health and Safety Engineers in California earn a median of $131,540. In Kansas, $102,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.3% — not 28.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.1%
California vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+4.3%
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%
Kansas
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $102,690
- p25
- $91,150
- p75
- $122,960
- p10
- $81,440
- p90
- $137,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.