State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Health and Safety Engineers in California earn a median of $131,540. In Pennsylvania, $121,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.7% — not 8.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+8.1%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
-4.7%
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%
Pennsylvania
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $121,730
- p25
- $82,020
- p75
- $151,970
- p10
- $70,560
- p90
- $173,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.