State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: Iowa vs Massachusetts
Health and Safety Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $131,210. In Iowa, $106,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.3% — not 18.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.9%
Iowa vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-2.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $106,350
- p25
- $79,060
- p75
- $136,660
- p10
- $76,830
- p90
- $152,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.