State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs Minnesota
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In Minnesota, $102,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 46.8% — not 52.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+52.5%
Alaska vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+46.8%
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%
Minnesota
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $102,660
- p25
- $85,130
- p75
- $129,640
- p10
- $77,010
- p90
- $158,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -31%
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.