State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs New Mexico
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In New Mexico, $128,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10% — not 22.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.2%
Alaska vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+10%
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 Mexico
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $128,090
- p25
- $96,810
- p75
- $160,240
- p10
- $82,110
- p90
- $168,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -36%
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.