State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: California vs Nebraska
Health and Safety Engineers in California earn a median of $131,540. In Nebraska, $103,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.7% — not 27.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.4%
California vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+3.7%
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%
Nebraska
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $103,230
- p25
- $74,270
- p75
- $129,190
- p10
- $53,050
- p90
- $138,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.