State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs Kentucky
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In Kentucky, $96,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.4% — not 61.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+61.7%
Alaska vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+42.4%
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%
Kentucky
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $96,820
- p25
- $79,390
- p75
- $116,150
- p10
- $65,980
- p90
- $135,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
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.