State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: California vs New Jersey
Health and Safety Engineers in California earn a median of $131,540. In New Jersey, $119,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.3% — not 10.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+10.2%
California vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+8.3%
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%
New Jersey
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $119,370
- p25
- $97,990
- p75
- $139,350
- p10
- $80,230
- p90
- $170,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- 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.