State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: California vs Mississippi
Health and Safety Engineers in California earn a median of $131,540. In Mississippi, $87,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.6% — not 50.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+50.9%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+18.6%
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%
Mississippi
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $87,180
- p25
- $68,990
- p75
- $116,040
- p10
- $58,100
- p90
- $131,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.