State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs Pennsylvania
Health and Safety Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $131,210. In Pennsylvania, $121,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.6% — not 7.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+7.8%
Massachusetts vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
-0.6%
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%
Pennsylvania
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $121,730
- p25
- $82,020
- p75
- $151,970
- p10
- $70,560
- p90
- $173,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- 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.