State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: California vs Oregon
Health and Safety Engineers in California earn a median of $131,540. In Oregon, $116,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.9% — not 13.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+13.4%
California vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+5.9%
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%
Oregon
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $116,020
- p25
- $96,280
- p75
- $139,100
- p10
- $87,460
- p90
- $172,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.