State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs Pennsylvania
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In Pennsylvania, $99,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 49.8% — not 57.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+57.2%
Alaska vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+49.8%
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%
Pennsylvania
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $99,560
- p25
- $80,510
- p75
- $125,190
- p10
- $69,700
- p90
- $143,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- 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.