State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs North Carolina
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In North Carolina, $99,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 45.1% — not 57.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+57.6%
Alaska vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+45.1%
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%
North Carolina
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $99,310
- p25
- $81,190
- p75
- $121,090
- p10
- $68,930
- p90
- $139,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.