State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs New York
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In New York, $102,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 60.7% — not 52.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+52.5%
Alaska vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+60.7%
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 York
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $102,640
- p25
- $84,700
- p75
- $128,230
- p10
- $77,030
- p90
- $152,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.