State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Minnesota vs Washington
Industrial Engineers in Washington earn a median of $129,050. In Minnesota, $102,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.7% — not 20.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.4%
Minnesota vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-13.7%
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%
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.