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Industrial Engineers pay in Alaska and Wisconsin
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Industrial Engineers is $156,510 per year in Alaska. It is $96,980 per year in Wisconsin. Alaska is 61.4% above Wisconsin 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 13,070 in Wisconsin. 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