State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs Virginia
Health and Safety Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $131,210. In Virginia, $104,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.5% — not 25.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.1%
Massachusetts vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+19.5%
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%
Virginia
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $104,920
- p25
- $82,550
- p75
- $134,820
- p10
- $63,760
- p90
- $162,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.