State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: California vs Kentucky
Health and Safety Engineers in California earn a median of $131,540. In Kentucky, $107,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.5% — not 22.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.1%
California vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
-0.5%
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%
Kentucky
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $107,760
- p25
- $89,740
- p75
- $135,160
- p10
- $72,780
- p90
- $173,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.