State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Texas vs Washington
Industrial Engineers in Washington earn a median of $129,050. In Texas, $104,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.7% — not 19%.
Nominal pay gap
-19%
Texas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-10.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Texas
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $104,560
- p25
- $86,410
- p75
- $133,490
- p10
- $67,490
- p90
- $168,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
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.