State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs Maryland
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In Maryland, $119,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.8% — not 30.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.5%
Alaska vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+33.8%
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%
Maryland
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $119,930
- p25
- $98,870
- p75
- $153,340
- p10
- $80,650
- p90
- $168,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -83%
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.