State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs Nebraska
Health and Safety Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $131,210. In Nebraska, $103,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.2% — not 27.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.1%
Massachusetts vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+8.2%
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%
Nebraska
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $103,230
- p25
- $74,270
- p75
- $129,190
- p10
- $53,050
- p90
- $138,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.