The highest-paying states for industrial engineers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of industrial engineers in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $145,080, Alaska is the highest paying state for industrial engineers. It is followed by Louisiana (average annual salary $123,320). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of industrial engineers in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alaska | $145,080 |
$76,790 | 200 |
| 2 | Louisiana | $123,320 |
$75,440 | 2,120 |
| 3 | Wyoming | $107,920 |
$58,330 | 210 |
| 4 | California | $106,180 |
$75,940 | 24,110 |
| 5 | Delaware | $105,080 |
$77,490 | 900 |
| 6 | Maryland | $104,980 |
$74,940 | 2,730 |
| 7 | Washington | $104,610 |
$75,210 | 6,810 |
| 8 | Rhode Island | $103,620 |
$71,440 | 970 |
| 9 | Nevada | $103,310 |
$63,230 | 1,280 |
| 10 | New Mexico | $103,210 |
$65,390 | 820 |
| 11 | Massachusetts | $102,290 |
$72,590 | 12,810 |
| 12 | Arizona | $101,850 |
$64,770 | 6,960 |
| 13 | Hawaii | $100,460 |
$79,080 | 30 |
| 14 | Texas | $100,000 |
$63,780 | 23,820 |
| 15 | Oregon | $99,680 |
$65,980 | 4,230 |
| 16 | New Hampshire | $99,200 |
$64,820 | 1,820 |
| 17 | Connecticut | $99,120 |
$66,450 | 6,090 |
| 18 | Colorado | $98,470 |
$65,520 | 4,960 |
| 19 | New Jersey | $98,380 |
$70,330 | 7,020 |
| 20 | Illinois | $97,910 |
$63,410 | 15,580 |
| 21 | Florida | $97,160 |
$62,540 | 12,550 |
| 22 | Virginia | $96,920 |
$62,460 | 5,210 |
| 23 | New York | $96,480 |
$63,220 | 12,090 |
| 24 | Minnesota | $96,150 |
$61,790 | 15,530 |
| 25 | Utah | $95,610 |
$64,450 | 2,890 |
| 26 | West Virginia | $92,730 |
$61,720 | 1,120 |
| 27 | Michigan | $90,200 |
$62,900 | 26,410 |
| 28 | Iowa | $88,980 |
$64,440 | 4,600 |
| 29 | Missouri | $88,750 |
$59,770 | 6,360 |
| 30 | Georgia | $88,750 |
$62,370 | 7,390 |
| 31 | District of Columbia | $87,420 |
$70,200 | 140 |
| 32 | Ohio | $87,120 |
$61,050 | 18,150 |
| 33 | Oklahoma | $87,020 |
$62,290 | 2,160 |
| 34 | North Carolina | $86,390 |
$61,770 | 9,820 |
| 35 | Maine | $86,220 |
$66,960 | 750 |
| 36 | Alabama | $85,680 |
$61,670 | 7,160 |
| 37 | Tennessee | $84,660 |
$60,220 | 6,720 |
| 38 | South Carolina | $84,560 |
$61,090 | 6,670 |
| 39 | Vermont | $84,210 |
$61,750 | 620 |
| 40 | South Dakota | $83,180 |
$60,890 | 740 |
| 41 | Nebraska | $82,780 |
$60,840 | 1,470 |
| 42 | Kansas | $82,710 |
$62,380 | 2,880 |
| 43 | Kentucky | $82,100 |
$56,480 | 5,500 |
| 44 | North Dakota | $82,050 |
$61,810 | 480 |
| 45 | Arkansas | $81,960 |
$60,930 | 1,940 |
| 46 | Indiana | $81,770 |
$59,230 | 11,690 |
| 47 | Mississippi | $81,760 |
$57,880 | 1,980 |
| 48 | Pennsylvania | $80,300 |
$58,490 | 11,510 |
| 49 | Idaho | $80,010 |
$63,710 | 1,380 |
| 50 | Wisconsin | $79,660 |
$60,140 | 11,680 |
| 51 | Montana | $79,360 |
$54,710 | 320 |
| 52 | Puerto Rico | $76,270 |
$48,160 | 3,250 |
| 53 | Guam | $59,840 |
$32,460 | 60 |