State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Arizona vs Washington
Industrial Engineers in Washington earn a median of $129,050. In Arizona, $108,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.8% — not 16.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.1%
Arizona vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-10.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $108,280
- p25
- $89,320
- p75
- $135,150
- p10
- $77,950
- p90
- $170,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -64%
Washington
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $129,050
- p25
- $102,400
- p75
- $155,920
- p10
- $85,010
- p90
- $176,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -48%
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.