State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Missouri vs Washington
Industrial Engineers in Washington earn a median of $129,050. In Missouri, $99,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.3% — not 23.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.1%
Missouri vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-9.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $99,290
- p25
- $80,050
- p75
- $124,340
- p10
- $65,880
- p90
- $143,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -64%
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.