State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Idaho vs Washington
Industrial Engineers in Washington earn a median of $129,050. In Idaho, $100,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.5% — not 21.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.9%
Idaho vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-12.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $100,840
- p25
- $81,420
- p75
- $129,580
- p10
- $67,100
- p90
- $149,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
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.