State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs Indiana
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In Indiana, $97,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 46.3% — not 60.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+60.6%
Alaska vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+46.3%
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%
Indiana
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $97,480
- p25
- $79,880
- p75
- $114,040
- p10
- $64,770
- p90
- $131,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -51%
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.