State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs Missouri
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In Missouri, $99,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.8% — not 57.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+57.6%
Alaska vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+39.8%
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%
Missouri
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $99,290
- p25
- $80,050
- p75
- $124,340
- p10
- $65,880
- p90
- $143,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -64%
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.