State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Oregon vs South Carolina
Industrial Engineers in Oregon earn a median of $128,290. In South Carolina, $101,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15% — not 26.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.9%
Oregon vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+15%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Oregon
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $128,290
- p25
- $100,850
- p75
- $165,780
- p10
- $82,170
- p90
- $198,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
South Carolina
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $101,060
- p25
- $82,460
- p75
- $123,490
- p10
- $75,000
- p90
- $136,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -59%
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.