State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: New Mexico vs Washington
Industrial Engineers in Washington earn a median of $129,050. In New Mexico, $128,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.2% — not 0.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-0.7%
New Mexico vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+15.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $128,090
- p25
- $96,810
- p75
- $160,240
- p10
- $82,110
- p90
- $168,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -36%
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.