State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs New Jersey
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In New Jersey, $103,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 60.1% — not 50.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+50.7%
Alaska vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+60.1%
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%
New Jersey
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $103,840
- p25
- $90,480
- p75
- $130,260
- p10
- $78,100
- p90
- $161,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.