State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: Massachusetts vs Wisconsin
Health and Safety Engineers in Massachusetts earn a median of $131,210. In Wisconsin, $92,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.9% — not 41.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+41.5%
Massachusetts vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+25.9%
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%
Wisconsin
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $92,700
- p25
- $76,180
- p75
- $120,500
- p10
- $58,660
- p90
- $151,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.