State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: California vs West Virginia
Health and Safety Engineers in California earn a median of $131,540. In West Virginia, $76,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.7% — not 71.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+71.5%
California vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+38.7%
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%
West Virginia
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $76,700
- p25
- $34,930
- p75
- $111,400
- p10
- $32,400
- p90
- $137,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.