State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: California vs Maine
Health and Safety Engineers in California earn a median of $131,540. In Maine, $82,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.5% — not 60.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+60.1%
California vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+40.5%
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%
Maine
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $82,140
- p25
- $68,070
- p75
- $93,310
- p10
- $58,350
- p90
- $115,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.