State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs Massachusetts
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In Massachusetts, $109,420. After cost-of-living, the gap is 47.8% — not 43%.
Nominal pay gap
+43%
Alaska vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+47.8%
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%
Massachusetts
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $109,420
- p25
- $96,100
- p75
- $132,260
- p10
- $81,960
- p90
- $161,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
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.