State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: California vs South Carolina
Health and Safety Engineers in California earn a median of $131,540. In South Carolina, $104,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.9% — not 26.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.3%
California vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+6.9%
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%
South Carolina
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $104,120
- p25
- $64,900
- p75
- $138,860
- p10
- $37,170
- p90
- $177,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.