Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians salary
SOC 17-3026 · BLS OEWS May 2025
What the range looks like
A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.
- 10th
- $47,300
- 25th
- $55,760
- Median
- $66,120
- 75th
- $80,280
- 90th
- $99,150
Getting in
- Typical education to enter
- Associate's degree
- Related work experience
- None
- On-the-job training
- None
Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.
Where industrial engineering technologists and technicians earn the most
Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.
The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.
| # | State | Median | Cost of living | Employed | Concentrationvs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma | $79,330 | 87.8 | 750 | 0.90× |
| 2 | Maryland | $79,090 | 105.0 | 490 | 0.37× |
| 3 | California | $79,070 | 110.7 | 5,710 | 0.65× |
| 4 | Washington | $78,430 | 107.0 | 1,050 | 0.61× |
| 5 | Oregon | $75,760 | 103.4 | 910 | 0.96× |
| 6 | New Jersey | $72,890 | 108.8 | 920 | 0.44× |
| 7 | Vermont | $72,410 | 98.0 | 110 | 0.71× |
| 8 | Massachusetts | $71,830 | 105.8 | 2,070 | 1.17× |
| 9 | Illinois | $71,090 | 100.0 | 2,260 | 0.76× |
| 10 | Minnesota | $70,490 | 98.6 | 5,380 | 3.75× |
| 11 | New York | $70,290 | 107.9 | 4,090 | 0.87× |
| 12 | South Carolina | $70,080 | 93.7 | 2,400 | 2.15× |
| 13 | North Carolina | $69,720 | 94.3 | 1,940 | 0.81× |
| 14 | New Hampshire | $69,650 | 104.2 | 620 | 1.88× |
| 15 | Connecticut | $69,260 | 103.6 | 670 | 0.81× |
| 16 | Utah | $67,490 | 98.9 | 1,400 | 1.67× |
| 17 | Colorado | $66,850 | 103.1 | 930 | 0.66× |
| 18 | Alabama | $66,510 | 88.8 | 1,010 | 0.98× |
| 19 | Virginia | $66,310 | 101.1 | 1,270 | 0.64× |
| 20 | Arizona | $66,040 | 100.7 | 2,080 | 1.32× |
| 21 | Ohio | $65,490 | 92.8 | 5,340 | 1.98× |
| 22 | Wisconsin | $65,270 | 94.1 | 2,660 | 1.86× |
| 23 | Pennsylvania | $65,260 | 97.6 | 1,790 | 0.61× |
| 24 | Georgia | $65,060 | 96.3 | 1,840 | 0.78× |
| 25 | Michigan | $64,510 | 96.2 | 5,410 | 2.53× |
| 26 | Iowa | $64,410 | 87.8 | 710 | 0.93× |
| 27 | North Dakota | $64,060 | 89.0 | 100 | 0.50× |
| 28 | Idaho | $63,150 | 95.5 | 300 | 0.73× |
| 29 | Indiana | $63,110 | 93.3 | 2,560 | 1.65× |
| 30 | Maine | $63,070 | 97.0 | 310 | 0.98× |
| 31 | Missouri | $62,440 | 90.8 | 1,220 | 0.86× |
| 32 | Arkansas | $62,210 | 86.9 | 330 | 0.51× |
| 33 | Texas | $62,020 | 97.1 | 5,060 | 0.74× |
| 34 | Nevada | $61,470 | 100.0 | 990 | 1.31× |
| 35 | Florida | $61,350 | 103.4 | 3,110 | 0.64× |
| 36 | New Mexico | $61,280 | 92.2 | 480 | 1.13× |
| 37 | Kentucky | $61,140 | 90.2 | 1,330 | 1.36× |
| 38 | Kansas | $61,000 | 90.1 | 570 | 0.82× |
| 39 | Montana | $60,330 | 94.6 | 90 | 0.37× |
| 40 | Nebraska | $59,970 | 90.1 | 240 | 0.49× |
| 41 | Rhode Island | $59,420 | 102.3 | 170 | 0.71× |
| 42 | Tennessee | $58,070 | 91.9 | 2,650 | 1.66× |
| 43 | West Virginia | $57,240 | 89.5 | 140 | 0.42× |
| 44 | South Dakota | $54,570 | 88.6 | 310 | 1.40× |
| 45 | Mississippi | $50,180 | 87.0 | — | — |
Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where industrial engineering technologists and technicians wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.
Best paying metro areas for industrial engineering technologists and technicians
The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.
The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.
| # | Metro area | Median | Cost of living | Employed | Concentrationvs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | $121,320 | 90.0 | 70 | 0.85× |
| 2 | Midland, TX | $114,140 | 95.8 | 30 | 0.57× |
| 3 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $90,660 | 110.4 | 1,000 | 1.81× |
| 4 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $90,620 | 111.1 | 660 | 0.66× |
| 5 | Savannah, GA | $89,850 | 95.2 | 70 | 0.76× |
| 6 | Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | $84,410 | 108.8 | 100 | 1.05× |
| 7 | Oklahoma City, OK | $83,370 | 90.4 | 450 | 1.37× |
| 8 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $82,480 | 99.6 | 450 | 2.08× |
| 9 | Ogden, UT | $82,370 | 100.3 | 340 | 2.59× |
| 10 | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $82,270 | 109.4 | 250 | 1.88× |
| 11 | Warner Robins, GA | $82,120 | 93.8 | 280 | 7.57× |
| 12 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | $81,560 | 98.2 | 260 | 0.72× |
| 13 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $80,310 | 104.5 | 230 | 0.35× |
| 14 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $80,180 | 115.6 | 1,220 | 1.05× |
| 15 | Fond du Lac, WI | $79,500 | 91.6 | 100 | 4.46× |
| 16 | Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | $79,480 | 92.9 | 100 | 2.28× |
| 17 | Peoria, IL | $79,180 | 91.2 | 50 | 0.64× |
| 18 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $78,890 | 110.5 | 100 | 0.65× |
| 19 | Evansville, IN | $78,760 | 91.5 | 110 | 1.65× |
| 20 | Wilmington, NC | $78,740 | 96.4 | 120 | 1.27× |
| 21 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | $78,700 | 91.7 | 90 | 0.46× |
| 22 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $78,100 | 95.8 | 1,260 | 4.83× |
| 23 | Dubuque, IA | $77,860 | 87.3 | 60 | 2.09× |
| 24 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $77,640 | 113.6 | 1,380 | 0.45× |
| 25 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $77,600 | 95.4 | 1,480 | 2.76× |
| 26 | Portland-South Portland, ME | $77,520 | 101.9 | 190 | 1.39× |
| 27 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $77,190 | 98.6 | 1,470 | 0.92× |
| 28 | Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | $77,160 | 89.1 | 100 | 1.09× |
| 29 | Ann Arbor, MI | $77,080 | 100.9 | 110 | 1.06× |
| 30 | Midland, MI | $76,930 | 91.9 | 30 | 1.70× |
| 31 | Rochester, MN | $76,730 | 90.8 | 90 | 1.44× |
| 32 | Columbus, OH | $76,530 | 95.5 | 540 | 1.00× |
| 33 | Harrisonburg, VA | $76,210 | 94.9 | 30 | 1.05× |
| 34 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $76,190 | 100.3 | 2,770 | 3.00× |
| 35 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $75,870 | 105.4 | 910 | 1.55× |
| 36 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $75,770 | 106.7 | 190 | 0.36× |
| 37 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $75,450 | 102.6 | 550 | 0.39× |
| 38 | Rocky Mount, NC | $75,400 | 88.0 | 70 | 2.62× |
| 39 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $75,260 | 112.6 | 1,390 | 0.30× |
| 40 | Dalton, GA | $75,170 | 89.8 | 60 | 2.04× |
Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where industrial engineering technologists and technicians wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.
Similar occupations
Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.
- Architectural and Civil Drafters$66,150
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians$78,190
- Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians$64,950
- Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other$78,350
- Surveying and Mapping Technicians$54,240
- Mechanical Drafters$71,550
- Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians$74,510
- Electrical and Electronics Drafters$76,870