State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Kentucky vs Washington
Industrial Engineers in Washington earn a median of $129,050. In Kentucky, $96,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11% — not 25%.
Nominal pay gap
-25%
Kentucky vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-11%
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%
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.