State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs New York
Health and Safety Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $131,210. In New York, $101,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.1% — not 29.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.5%
Massachusetts vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+32.1%
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 York
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $101,300
- p25
- $69,070
- p75
- $134,060
- p10
- $56,880
- p90
- $167,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.