State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs Rhode Island
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In Rhode Island, $109,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43% — not 43.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.1%
Alaska vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+43%
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%
Rhode Island
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $109,350
- p25
- $94,830
- p75
- $130,710
- p10
- $79,370
- p90
- $159,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -14%
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.