State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs Hawaii
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In Hawaii, $123,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.8% — not 26.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.4%
Alaska vs Hawaii
COL-adjusted gap
+35.8%
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%
Hawaii
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $123,800
- p25
- $97,190
- p75
- $155,770
- p10
- $86,550
- p90
- $158,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.