State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs Illinois
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In Illinois, $100,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 52% — not 55.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+55.7%
Alaska vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+52%
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%
Illinois
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $100,540
- p25
- $81,710
- p75
- $125,210
- p10
- $73,780
- p90
- $155,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -55%
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.