State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alabama vs Alaska
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%
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%
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.