State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Washington vs West Virginia
Industrial Engineers in Washington earn a median of $129,050. In West Virginia, $108,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.4% — not 19.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.1%
Washington vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-0.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
West Virginia
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $108,360
- p25
- $84,820
- p75
- $141,370
- p10
- $76,180
- p90
- $163,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -58%
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.