State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs New Jersey
Health and Safety Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $131,210. In New Jersey, $119,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13% — not 9.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+9.9%
Massachusetts vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+13%
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%
New Jersey
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $119,370
- p25
- $97,990
- p75
- $139,350
- p10
- $80,230
- p90
- $170,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.