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Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians pay in Michigan and Oklahoma
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians is $64,510 per year in Michigan. It is $79,330 per year in Oklahoma. Michigan is 18.7% below Oklahoma on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 17-3026 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 5,410 wage and salary jobs in Michigan and 750 in Oklahoma. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings