State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Mississippi vs Washington
Industrial Engineers in Washington earn a median of $129,050. In Mississippi, $95,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.7% — not 25.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.7%
Mississippi vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-8.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $95,830
- p25
- $78,200
- p75
- $106,260
- p10
- $65,510
- p90
- $130,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -30%
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.