State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: Idaho vs Massachusetts
Health and Safety Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $131,210. In Idaho, $98,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.5% — not 24.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.7%
Idaho vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-16.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $98,860
- p25
- $98,860
- p75
- $126,170
- p10
- $86,700
- p90
- $163,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.