State comparison · 2025
Health and Safety Engineers salary: New Hampshire vs West Virginia
Health and Safety Engineers in New Hampshire earn a median of $130,500. In West Virginia, $76,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 46.1% — not 70.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+70.1%
New Hampshire vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+46.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Hampshire
Health and Safety Engineers
- Median
- $130,500
- p25
- $84,870
- p75
- $152,360
- p10
- $63,010
- p90
- $152,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
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.