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Industrial Engineers pay in Anchorage, AK and Portland-South Portland, ME
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Industrial Engineers is $171,910 per year in Anchorage, AK. It is $101,030 per year in Portland-South Portland, ME. Anchorage, AK is 70.2% above Portland-South Portland, ME 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 110 wage and salary jobs in Anchorage, AK and 660 in Portland-South Portland, ME. 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