State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs Oregon
Health and Safety Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $131,210. In Oregon, $116,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.5% — not 13.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+13.1%
Massachusetts vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+10.5%
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%
Oregon
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $116,020
- p25
- $96,280
- p75
- $139,100
- p10
- $87,460
- p90
- $172,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.