State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Indiana vs Washington
Industrial Engineers in Washington earn a median of $129,050. In Indiana, $97,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.4% — not 24.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.5%
Indiana vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-13.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $97,480
- p25
- $79,880
- p75
- $114,040
- p10
- $64,770
- p90
- $131,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -51%
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.