State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: Hawaii vs Massachusetts
Health and Safety Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $131,210. In Hawaii, $82,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.7% — not 37.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.3%
Hawaii vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-39.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Hawaii
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $82,300
- p25
- $74,680
- p75
- $128,360
- p10
- $49,490
- p90
- $184,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.