State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Oregon vs South Dakota
Industrial Engineers in Oregon earn a median of $128,290. In South Dakota, $93,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.9% — not 37.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.7%
Oregon vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+17.9%
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 Dakota
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $93,200
- p25
- $79,340
- p75
- $109,870
- p10
- $69,310
- p90
- $128,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.