State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs Michigan
Health and Safety Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $131,210. In Michigan, $107,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.7% — not 21.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.7%
Massachusetts vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+10.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Michigan
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $107,780
- p25
- $89,150
- p75
- $135,600
- p10
- $71,590
- p90
- $165,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +125%
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.