State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: California vs Maryland
Health and Safety Engineers in California earn a median of $131,540. In Maryland, $110,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.5% — not 18.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.6%
California vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+12.5%
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%
Maryland
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $110,950
- p25
- $91,150
- p75
- $148,640
- p10
- $78,990
- p90
- $181,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- 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.