State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs Kansas
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In Kansas, $99,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.9% — not 56.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+56.8%
Alaska vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+37.9%
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%
Kansas
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $99,830
- p25
- $80,090
- p75
- $122,190
- p10
- $66,810
- p90
- $152,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -39%
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.