State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: Louisiana vs Massachusetts
Health and Safety Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $131,210. In Louisiana, $118,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.3% — not 9.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-9.7%
Louisiana vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+8.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $118,490
- p25
- $82,800
- p75
- $139,710
- p10
- $62,060
- p90
- $177,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- 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.