State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs Iowa
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In Iowa, $97,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.4% — not 60.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+60.2%
Alaska vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+37.4%
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%
Iowa
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $97,690
- p25
- $79,680
- p75
- $111,060
- p10
- $72,380
- p90
- $133,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -59%
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.