State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: Colorado vs Massachusetts
Health and Safety Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $131,210. In Colorado, $120,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.4% — not 7.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.8%
Colorado vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-5.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $120,950
- p25
- $99,790
- p75
- $159,850
- p10
- $84,400
- p90
- $178,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
Massachusetts
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $131,210
- p25
- $102,940
- p75
- $175,410
- p10
- $94,340
- p90
- $215,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +75%
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.