State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs New Mexico
Health and Safety Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $131,210. In New Mexico, $94,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.8% — not 38.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.6%
Massachusetts vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+20.8%
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 Mexico
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $94,640
- p25
- $71,100
- p75
- $148,640
- p10
- $47,410
- p90
- $167,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.