State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs Oklahoma
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In Oklahoma, $97,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.6% — not 60.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+60.5%
Alaska vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+37.6%
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%
Oklahoma
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $97,510
- p25
- $78,250
- p75
- $121,020
- p10
- $71,880
- p90
- $148,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -69%
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.