State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs Tennessee
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In Tennessee, $99,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.8% — not 58%.
Nominal pay gap
+58%
Alaska vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+41.8%
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%
Tennessee
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $99,080
- p25
- $80,750
- p75
- $117,100
- p10
- $72,200
- p90
- $132,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.