State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: Florida vs Massachusetts
Health and Safety Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $131,210. In Florida, $101,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.6% — not 22.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.4%
Florida vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-20.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $101,790
- p25
- $79,490
- p75
- $124,880
- p10
- $60,820
- p90
- $149,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.