State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alabama vs Washington
Industrial Engineers in Washington earn a median of $129,050. In Alabama, $99,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.7% — not 22.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.6%
Alabama vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-6.7%
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%
Washington
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $129,050
- p25
- $102,400
- p75
- $155,920
- p10
- $85,010
- p90
- $176,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -48%
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.