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Industrial Production Managers pay in Alabama and Delaware
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Industrial Production Managers is $122,520 per year in Alabama. It is $153,000 per year in Delaware. Alabama is 19.9% below Delaware on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 11-3051 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 3,620 wage and salary jobs in Alabama and 370 in Delaware. 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