State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: California vs Wisconsin
Health and Safety Engineers in California earn a median of $131,540. In Wisconsin, $92,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.6% — not 41.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+41.9%
California vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+20.6%
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%
Wisconsin
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $92,700
- p25
- $76,180
- p75
- $120,500
- p10
- $58,660
- p90
- $151,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.