State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs Idaho
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In Idaho, $100,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.7% — not 55.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+55.2%
Alaska vs Idaho
COL-adjusted gap
+44.7%
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%
Idaho
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $100,840
- p25
- $81,420
- p75
- $129,580
- p10
- $67,100
- p90
- $149,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
- 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.