State comparison · 2025
Industrial Engineers salary: Washington vs Wisconsin
Industrial Engineers in Washington earn a median of $129,050. In Wisconsin, $96,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17% — not 33.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.1%
Washington vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+17%
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%
Wisconsin
Industrial Engineers
- Median
- $96,980
- p25
- $79,410
- p75
- $111,130
- p10
- $71,800
- p90
- $134,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.