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Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians pay in Oklahoma and Rhode Island
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians is $79,330 per year in Oklahoma. It is $59,420 per year in Rhode Island. Oklahoma is 33.5% above Rhode Island 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 750 wage and salary jobs in Oklahoma and 170 in Rhode Island. 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