State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs Colorado
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In Colorado, $109,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.6% — not 42.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+42.6%
Alaska vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+43.6%
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%
Colorado
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $109,750
- p25
- $95,160
- p75
- $133,290
- p10
- $80,480
- p90
- $159,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -49%
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.