State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs North Carolina
Health and Safety Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $131,210. In North Carolina, $106,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.5% — not 22.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.9%
Massachusetts vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+9.5%
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%
North Carolina
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $106,800
- p25
- $89,930
- p75
- $119,600
- p10
- $46,280
- p90
- $164,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.