State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: California vs Louisiana
Health and Safety Engineers in California earn a median of $131,540. In Louisiana, $118,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.6% — not 11%.
Nominal pay gap
+11%
California vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
-11.6%
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%
Louisiana
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $118,490
- p25
- $82,800
- p75
- $139,710
- p10
- $62,060
- p90
- $177,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- 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.