State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs West Virginia
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In West Virginia, $108,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.2% — not 44.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+44.4%
Alaska vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+26.2%
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%
West Virginia
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $108,360
- p25
- $84,820
- p75
- $141,370
- p10
- $76,180
- p90
- $163,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -58%
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.