State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs West Virginia
Health and Safety Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $131,210. In West Virginia, $76,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.7% — not 71.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+71.1%
Massachusetts vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+44.7%
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%
West Virginia
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $76,700
- p25
- $34,930
- p75
- $111,400
- p10
- $32,400
- p90
- $137,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.