State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Illinois vs Washington
Industrial Engineers in Washington earn a median of $129,050. In Illinois, $100,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.6% — not 22.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.1%
Illinois vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-16.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $100,540
- p25
- $81,710
- p75
- $125,210
- p10
- $73,780
- p90
- $155,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -55%
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.