State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs Texas
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In Texas, $104,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.9% — not 49.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+49.7%
Alaska vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+41.9%
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%
Texas
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $104,560
- p25
- $86,410
- p75
- $133,490
- p10
- $67,490
- p90
- $168,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
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.