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State comparison · 2025

Industrial Engineers salary: Alabama vs Alaska

Occupation

Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In Alabama, $99,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.4% — not 36.2%.

Nominal pay gap
-36.2%
Alabama vs Alaska
COL-adjusted gap
-26.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Alabama

Industrial Engineers

Median
$99,880
p25
$80,920
p75
$122,640
p10
$68,410
p90
$152,970
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
88.8
Hiring velocity (180d)
-71%
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Alaska

Industrial Engineers

Median
$156,510
p25
$117,120
p75
$186,790
p10
$74,980
p90
$218,900
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
102.4
Hiring velocity (180d)
-50%
See full breakdown for Alaska

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.