State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: California vs North Carolina
Health and Safety Engineers in California earn a median of $131,540. In North Carolina, $106,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.9% — not 23.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.2%
California vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+4.9%
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%
North Carolina
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $106,800
- p25
- $89,930
- p75
- $119,600
- p10
- $46,280
- p90
- $164,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- 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.