State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs Arizona
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In Arizona, $108,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.1% — not 44.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+44.5%
Alaska vs Arizona
COL-adjusted gap
+42.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Arizona
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $108,280
- p25
- $89,320
- p75
- $135,150
- p10
- $77,950
- p90
- $170,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -64%
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.