State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Colorado vs Washington
Industrial Engineers in Washington earn a median of $129,050. In Colorado, $109,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.7% — not 15%.
Nominal pay gap
-15%
Colorado vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-11.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $109,750
- p25
- $95,160
- p75
- $133,290
- p10
- $80,480
- p90
- $159,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -49%
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.