State comparison · 2025
Industrial Production Managers salary: Delaware vs Iowa
Industrial Production Managers in Delaware earn a median of $153,000. In Iowa, $106,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.4% — not 43.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.6%
Delaware vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+26.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Industrial Production Managers
- Median
- $153,000
- p25
- $129,290
- p75
- $178,190
- p10
- $99,770
- p90
- $214,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
Iowa
Industrial Production Managers
- Median
- $106,510
- p25
- $90,990
- p75
- $133,140
- p10
- $74,830
- p90
- $171,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.