State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Nebraska vs Washington
Industrial Engineers in Washington earn a median of $129,050. In Nebraska, $98,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.7% — not 23.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.9%
Nebraska vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-9.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $98,170
- p25
- $79,800
- p75
- $116,240
- p10
- $71,150
- p90
- $133,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- 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.