State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Iowa vs Washington
Industrial Engineers in Washington earn a median of $129,050. In Iowa, $97,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.7% — not 24.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.3%
Iowa vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-7.7%
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%
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.