State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs South Carolina
Health and Safety Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $131,210. In South Carolina, $104,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.6% — not 26%.
Nominal pay gap
+26%
Massachusetts vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+11.6%
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%
South Carolina
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $104,120
- p25
- $64,900
- p75
- $138,860
- p10
- $37,170
- p90
- $177,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.