State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs Minnesota
Health and Safety Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $131,210. In Minnesota, $120,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.9% — not 9.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+9.3%
Massachusetts vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+1.9%
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%
Minnesota
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $120,050
- p25
- $95,200
- p75
- $143,420
- p10
- $82,100
- p90
- $165,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.