State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs Virginia
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In Virginia, $102,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50.7% — not 52.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+52.6%
Alaska vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+50.7%
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%
Virginia
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $102,550
- p25
- $81,550
- p75
- $130,810
- p10
- $69,880
- p90
- $157,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -39%
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.