State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs Louisiana
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In Louisiana, $122,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.7% — not 27.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.3%
Alaska vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
+9.7%
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%
Louisiana
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $122,920
- p25
- $97,520
- p75
- $154,320
- p10
- $78,540
- p90
- $173,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.