State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs Arkansas
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In Arkansas, $98,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35% — not 59%.
Nominal pay gap
+59%
Alaska vs Arkansas
COL-adjusted gap
+35%
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%
Arkansas
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $98,410
- p25
- $79,620
- p75
- $120,680
- p10
- $71,880
- p90
- $137,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
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.