State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Rhode Island vs Washington
Industrial Engineers in Washington earn a median of $129,050. In Rhode Island, $109,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.4% — not 15.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.3%
Rhode Island vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-11.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $109,350
- p25
- $94,830
- p75
- $130,710
- p10
- $79,370
- p90
- $159,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -14%
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.