State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs Nevada
Health and Safety Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $131,210. In Nevada, $121,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.9% — not 7.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+7.8%
Massachusetts vs Nevada
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%
Nevada
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $121,660
- p25
- $93,950
- p75
- $144,070
- p10
- $80,390
- p90
- $181,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.