State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs South Dakota
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In South Dakota, $93,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 45.3% — not 67.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+67.9%
Alaska vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+45.3%
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%
South Dakota
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $93,200
- p25
- $79,340
- p75
- $109,870
- p10
- $69,310
- p90
- $128,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.