State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Kentucky vs Oregon
Industrial Engineers in Oregon earn a median of $128,290. In Kentucky, $96,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.5% — not 24.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.5%
Kentucky vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-13.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $96,820
- p25
- $79,390
- p75
- $116,150
- p10
- $65,980
- p90
- $135,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
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.