State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs Ohio
Health and Safety Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $131,210. In Ohio, $129,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.2% — not 1.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+1.3%
Massachusetts vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
-11.2%
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%
Ohio
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $129,560
- p25
- $108,800
- p75
- $144,210
- p10
- $91,920
- p90
- $159,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
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.