State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Oregon vs Tennessee
Industrial Engineers in Oregon earn a median of $128,290. In Tennessee, $99,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.1% — not 29.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.5%
Oregon vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+15.1%
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%
Tennessee
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $99,080
- p25
- $80,750
- p75
- $117,100
- p10
- $72,200
- p90
- $132,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.