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Industrial Engineers pay in Alaska and District of Columbia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Industrial Engineers is $156,510 per year in Alaska. It is $103,300 per year in District of Columbia. Alaska is 51.5% above District of Columbia on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 17-2112 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 220 wage and salary jobs in Alaska and 160 in District of Columbia. 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