State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: California vs Minnesota
Health and Safety Engineers in California earn a median of $131,540. In Minnesota, $120,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.4% — not 9.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+9.6%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-2.4%
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%
Minnesota
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $120,050
- p25
- $95,200
- p75
- $143,420
- p10
- $82,100
- p90
- $165,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.