State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Pennsylvania vs Washington
Industrial Engineers in Washington earn a median of $129,050. In Pennsylvania, $99,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.4% — not 22.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.9%
Pennsylvania vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-15.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Pennsylvania
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $99,560
- p25
- $80,510
- p75
- $125,190
- p10
- $69,700
- p90
- $143,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -69%
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.