State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs South Carolina
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In South Carolina, $101,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.7% — not 54.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+54.9%
Alaska vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+41.7%
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%
South Carolina
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $101,060
- p25
- $82,460
- p75
- $123,490
- p10
- $75,000
- p90
- $136,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -59%
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.