State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs Michigan
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In Michigan, $101,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.6% — not 53.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+53.9%
Alaska vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+44.6%
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%
Michigan
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $101,680
- p25
- $82,850
- p75
- $127,330
- p10
- $74,060
- p90
- $140,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- 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.