State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs North Dakota
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In North Dakota, $96,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.3% — not 61.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+61.5%
Alaska vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+40.3%
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 Dakota
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $96,940
- p25
- $78,890
- p75
- $106,220
- p10
- $56,770
- p90
- $132,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
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.