State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Iowa vs Oregon
Industrial Engineers in Oregon earn a median of $128,290. In Iowa, $97,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.3% — not 23.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.9%
Iowa vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-10.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $97,690
- p25
- $79,680
- p75
- $111,060
- p10
- $72,380
- p90
- $133,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -59%
Oregon
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $128,290
- p25
- $100,850
- p75
- $165,780
- p10
- $82,170
- p90
- $198,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.