State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Georgia vs Washington
Industrial Engineers in Washington earn a median of $129,050. In Georgia, $100,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.8% — not 22.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.4%
Georgia vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-13.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $100,100
- p25
- $82,140
- p75
- $123,670
- p10
- $73,360
- p90
- $139,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
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.