State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs Mississippi
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In Mississippi, $95,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.8% — not 63.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+63.3%
Alaska vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+38.8%
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%
Mississippi
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $95,830
- p25
- $78,200
- p75
- $106,260
- p10
- $65,510
- p90
- $130,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -30%
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.