State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Minnesota vs Oregon
Industrial Engineers in Oregon earn a median of $128,290. In Minnesota, $102,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.1% — not 20%.
Nominal pay gap
-20%
Minnesota vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-16.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $102,660
- p25
- $85,130
- p75
- $129,640
- p10
- $77,010
- p90
- $158,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -31%
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.