State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: Illinois vs Massachusetts
Health and Safety Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $131,210. In Illinois, $111,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.2% — not 15.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.1%
Illinois vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-10.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $111,370
- p25
- $93,020
- p75
- $137,360
- p10
- $63,170
- p90
- $158,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.