State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Alaska vs Wisconsin
Industrial Engineers in Alaska earn a median of $156,510. In Wisconsin, $96,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 48.3% — not 61.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+61.4%
Alaska vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+48.3%
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%
Wisconsin
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $96,980
- p25
- $79,410
- p75
- $111,130
- p10
- $71,800
- p90
- $134,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.