State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs Texas
Health and Safety Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $131,210. In Texas, $123,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.4% — not 6.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.3%
Massachusetts vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
-2.4%
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%
Texas
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $123,440
- p25
- $99,020
- p75
- $154,600
- p10
- $82,340
- p90
- $180,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -55%
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.