BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Columbus, IN was 93, or 7% below the national price level. Its housing index was 75.5.
National-price-dollar proxy
Not available
WageScope divides the published Engineers, All Other median by the BEA all-items index. This is a price-level comparison, not take-home pay, a personal budget, or a quality-of-life score.
Use the local pay range, same-source bench marks, job scale, price level, and survey care marks as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 17-2199 and BLS area 18020.
Questions, answered
Engineers, All Other pay in Columbus, IN: common questions
What is the median wage for Engineers, All Other in Columbus, IN?
BLS did not publish a median for Engineers, All Other in Columbus, IN in the May 2025 OEWS release. WageScope does not substitute or infer the missing wage.
Is Engineers, All Other pay higher in Columbus, IN than nationally?
BLS did not publish the same median metric needed to compare Columbus, IN with the United States.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Columbus, IN?
No wage price proxy is available because BLS did not publish an exact local median. A top-coded bound is not an exact wage input. A BEA price index, when available, describes prices separately and cannot fill that wage gap.
How many Engineers, All Other jobs does BLS estimate in Columbus, IN?
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What the Engineers, All Other median says in Columbus, IN
BLS did not publish an exact median for Engineers, All Other in Columbus, IN in the May 2025 OEWS release. The source display is Not published. WageScope does not borrow the U.S. wage, use a nearby place, or turn this gap into zero. The row stays tied to SOC 17-2199 and BLS area 18020.
BLS lists 140 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate, not a count of open posts. The mean display is Not published. A mean and a median are separate fields; one does not fill a gap in the other.
A local-to-national median gap cannot be computed from this row. The national source belongs to the United States and does not become Columbus, IN's wage. Any published percentile or job-count field below keeps its own scope, period, and source key.
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 17-2199 and area 18020. SOC 17-2199 names Engineers, All Other. Area 18020 names Columbus, IN. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 17-2199/18020 row reports 140 wage and salary jobs, 2.77 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 2.8 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 17-2199/18020, the annual median is Not published, while the matching mean is Not published. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
17-2199/18020 10th percentile: Not published.
17-2199/18020 25th percentile: Not published.
17-2199/18020 median: Not published.
17-2199/18020 75th percentile: Not published.
17-2199/18020 90th percentile: Not published.
17-2199/18020 employment RSE: 4%. Mean-wage RSE: Not published.
17-2199/18020 suppression marks: annualMean: not available, annualMedian: not available, annualP10: not available, annualP25: not available, annualP75: not available, annualP90: not available, hourlyMean: not available, hourlyMedian: not available, hourlyP10: not available, hourlyP25: not available, hourlyP75: not available, hourlyP90: not available, meanRse: not available.
BLS area 18020 facts behind this Engineers, All Other page
Area 18020 reports 49,820 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $61,800. Its annual median is $48,470. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 1.1%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 17-2199 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Columbus, IN runs from $29,290 at the 10th percentile to $103,750 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $36,830. The median is $48,470. The 75th percentile is $72,880. This is a place check, not a pay range for Engineers, All Other.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 18020. They do not show related skills or a path into Engineers, All Other.
1. Area 18020, SOC 51-2090, Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators: 2,980 jobs, $46,950 annual median, 59.83 jobs per 1,000, and 6.62 location quotient.
2. Area 18020, SOC 41-2031, Retail Salespersons: 1,500 jobs, $29,840 annual median, 30.16 jobs per 1,000, and 1.2 location quotient.
3. Area 18020, SOC 51-4041, Machinists: 1,470 jobs, $61,230 annual median, 29.45 jobs per 1,000, and 15.95 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the Columbus, IN wage ladder for Engineers, All Other
The 10th percentile is Not published. The 25th percentile is Not published. The median is Not published. The 75th percentile is Not published. The 90th percentile is Not published.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from Not published to Not published. The 10th-to-90th span is not available. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Columbus, IN has a annual median of Not published. Indiana has $120,880 per year. The U.S. row has $122,930 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
Columbus, IN cannot be compared with Indiana on the same published median. WageScope leaves that gap open. Columbus, IN cannot be compared with the United States on the same published median. WageScope leaves that gap open. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are bench marks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
Columbus, IN has no exact published median that can enter this Engineers, All Other pay rank. WageScope leaves the rank open. It does not treat a missing or top-coded value as an exact amount, and it does not place this row at the bottom of a list.
Other metro areas may have exact medians in the same release. Those rows can be read on their own pages. They cannot establish a wage or a nearest wage neighbor for Columbus, IN without the missing local field.
Employment and local share remain separate source fields for SOC 17-2199. Neither field is a substitute for median pay. A job count does not say where a wage would rank, and a share measure does not set a pay floor or ceiling.
Where Engineers, All Other medians lead among metro areas
The rows below use the same SOC 17-2199, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has the highest published median in this set, at $169,650 per year. Columbus, IN sits at Not published.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Engineers, All Other is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey care marks, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a Engineers, All Other median of $169,650 per year, or not available. BLS lists 4,970 jobs there, compared with 140 in Columbus, IN. The location quotient is 4.42.
2. Lexington Park, MD has a Engineers, All Other median of $166,230 per year, or not available. BLS lists 1,020 jobs there, compared with 140 in Columbus, IN. The location quotient is 14.58.
Job-base leaders
Where BLS counts the most Engineers, All Other jobs
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV has the largest published metro job estimate for Engineers, All Other in this same-source set, at 9,230 jobs. Columbus, IN has 140. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
1. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV has 9,230 estimated Engineers, All Other jobs, a gap of 9,090 jobs from Columbus, IN. Its median is $151,340 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 2.97.
2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 7,530 estimated Engineers, All Other jobs, a gap of 7,390 jobs from Columbus, IN. Its median is $125,060 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.21.
Local-share leaders
Where Engineers, All Other takes the largest share of local jobs
Lexington Park, MD has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 14.58. Columbus, IN has 2.8. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.
A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.
Use this list to ask where Engineers, All Other is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.
1. Lexington Park, MD has a location quotient of 14.58, a gap of 11.78 from Columbus, IN. BLS lists 1,020 Engineers, All Other jobs and a median of $166,230 per year, or not available.
2. Lake Charles, LA has a location quotient of 13.19, a gap of 10.39 from Columbus, IN. BLS lists 1,330 Engineers, All Other jobs and a median of $94,810 per year, or not available.
3. Huntsville, AL has a location quotient of 11.77, a gap of 8.97 from Columbus, IN. BLS lists 3,110 Engineers, All Other jobs and a median of $155,630 per year, or not available.
Job scale and share
How common Engineers, All Other is in Columbus, IN
BLS lists 140 Engineers, All Other jobs in Columbus, IN. It also lists 2.77 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is 2.8. A value of 1 means Engineers, All Other has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is higher than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
Engineers, All Other beside other roles in Columbus, IN
The all-occupations median in Columbus, IN is $48,470 per year. It covers the full local job mix and does not replace the missing exact Engineers, All Other median. WageScope cannot calculate a same-unit wage gap from the role to that broader row.
No nearest-pay role list is shown for this row. Such a list needs an exact local median in the same wage unit. A title, employment count, or national wage cannot supply that missing input.
Other roles in Columbus, IN still have their own source pages. Use those pages for their own official estimates, with each SOC code and period intact. Do not infer common tasks, skills, career paths, or pay for Engineers, All Other from another role's number.
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Columbus, IN table, at 2,980 jobs. Engineers, All Other has 140 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 49,820. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Engineers, All Other's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
1. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has 2,980 jobs in Columbus, IN, a gap of 2,840 from Engineers, All Other. Its median is $46,950 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 6.62.
2. Retail Salespersons has 1,500 jobs in Columbus, IN, a gap of 1,360 from Engineers, All Other. Its median is $29,840 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.2.
3. Machinists has 1,470 jobs in Columbus, IN, a gap of 1,330 from Engineers, All Other. Its median is $61,230 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 15.95.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Columbus, IN
Mechanical Engineers has the highest published median in the bounded Columbus, IN role table, at $127,700 per year. Engineers, All Other has Not published. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $48,470 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
1. Mechanical Engineers has a median of $127,700 per year in Columbus, IN, or not available. BLS lists 1,000 jobs, compared with 140 for Engineers, All Other. Its location quotient is 10.52.
2. General and Operations Managers has a median of $112,760 per year in Columbus, IN, or not available. BLS lists 590 jobs, compared with 140 for Engineers, All Other. Its location quotient is 0.52.
3. Industrial Engineers has a median of $97,480 per year in Columbus, IN, or not available. BLS lists 910 jobs, compared with 140 for Engineers, All Other. Its location quotient is 7.76.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Columbus, IN
Machinists has the highest location quotient in the bounded Columbus, IN role table, at 15.95. Engineers, All Other has 2.8. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.
A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.
The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Engineers, All Other with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.
1. Machinists has a location quotient of 15.95 in Columbus, IN, a gap of 13.15 from Engineers, All Other. BLS lists 1,470 jobs and a median of $61,230 per year, or not available.
2. Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators has a location quotient of 11.26 in Columbus, IN, a gap of 8.46 from Engineers, All Other. BLS lists 610 jobs and a median of $48,590 per year, or not available.
3. Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic has a location quotient of 10.92 in Columbus, IN, a gap of 8.12 from Engineers, All Other. BLS lists 440 jobs and a median of $47,320 per year, or not available.
Price-level view
Why a wage price proxy is unavailable in Columbus, IN
No national-price-dollar wage proxy is available for Engineers, All Other in Columbus, IN because BLS did not publish the exact median needed for that math. A missing or top-coded median is not zero and is not an exact wage input.
BEA separately published a 2024 all-items price index of 93.0 for Columbus, IN. The U.S. level is 100. This source can describe broad local prices, but it cannot supply the missing BLS wage for SOC 17-2199.
A price-level wage calculation needs a published wage in the correct unit and an exact reviewed price-area match. Until both inputs exist, WageScope leaves that answer open. Published employment, source dates, and wage-status fields remain useful on their own without an inferred spending-power claim.
The employment RSE for this Engineers, All Other row is 4%. The mean-wage RSE is Not published. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the 140 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the Not published mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Engineers, All Other. It uses a Columbus, IN place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the Not published BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
What the Engineers, All Other row for Columbus, IN does not claim
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The 140 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 2.8 is not a growth score. The unranked row is not a place score. The 93.0 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 17-2199 in BLS area 18020. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.
BLS published an employment estimate of 140 wage and salary jobs for this exact row. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count or forecast.
Are the current job listings included in the BLS wage calculation?
No. MeritLog shows eligible live public-catalog listings separately, with their own source and observation date. Posted pay never changes the official BLS distribution.
4. Area 18020, SOC 35-3023, Fast Food and Counter Workers: 1,440 jobs, $28,290 annual median, 28.82 jobs per 1,000, and 1.16 location quotient.
5. Area 18020, SOC 53-7062, Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand: 1,310 jobs, $38,510 annual median, 26.22 jobs per 1,000, and 1.38 location quotient.
6. Area 18020, SOC 17-2141, Mechanical Engineers: 1,000 jobs, $127,700 annual median, 20.08 jobs per 1,000, and 10.52 location quotient.
3. Albuquerque, NM has a Engineers, All Other median of $163,630 per year, or not available. BLS lists 1,110 jobs there, compared with 140 in Columbus, IN. The location quotient is 2.77.
4. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has a Engineers, All Other median of $159,800 per year, or not available. BLS lists 4,850 jobs there, compared with 140 in Columbus, IN. The location quotient is 2.06.
5. Huntsville, AL has a Engineers, All Other median of $155,630 per year, or not available. BLS lists 3,110 jobs there, compared with 140 in Columbus, IN. The location quotient is 11.77.
6. Charlottesville, VA has a Engineers, All Other median of $153,340 per year, or not available. BLS lists 50 jobs there, compared with 140 in Columbus, IN. The location quotient is 0.48.
7. Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ has a Engineers, All Other median of $151,760 per year, or not available. BLS lists 230 jobs there, compared with 140 in Columbus, IN. The location quotient is 1.39.
8. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV has a Engineers, All Other median of $151,340 per year, or not available. BLS lists 9,230 jobs there, compared with 140 in Columbus, IN. The location quotient is 2.97.
3. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI has 5,800 estimated Engineers, All Other jobs, a gap of 5,660 jobs from Columbus, IN. Its median is $126,250 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 3.07.
4. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 5,780 estimated Engineers, All Other jobs, a gap of 5,640 jobs from Columbus, IN. Its median is $135,300 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.61.
5. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has 4,970 estimated Engineers, All Other jobs, a gap of 4,830 jobs from Columbus, IN. Its median is $169,650 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 4.42.
6. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has 4,850 estimated Engineers, All Other jobs, a gap of 4,710 jobs from Columbus, IN. Its median is $159,800 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 2.06.
7. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA has 3,570 estimated Engineers, All Other jobs, a gap of 3,430 jobs from Columbus, IN. Its median is $132,790 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 2.34.
8. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX has 3,490 estimated Engineers, All Other jobs, a gap of 3,350 jobs from Columbus, IN. Its median is $130,270 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.07.
4. Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL has a location quotient of 6.66, a gap of 3.86 from Columbus, IN. BLS lists 830 Engineers, All Other jobs and a median of $132,650 per year, or not available.
5. Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL has a location quotient of 6.65, a gap of 3.85 from Columbus, IN. BLS lists 1,620 Engineers, All Other jobs and a median of $127,400 per year, or not available.
6. Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL has a location quotient of 5.07, a gap of 2.27 from Columbus, IN. BLS lists 460 Engineers, All Other jobs and a median of $115,210 per year, or not available.
7. Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA has a location quotient of 4.78, a gap of 1.98 from Columbus, IN. BLS lists 440 Engineers, All Other jobs and a median of $142,130 per year, or not available.
8. Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH has a location quotient of 4.48, a gap of 1.68 from Columbus, IN. BLS lists 1,650 Engineers, All Other jobs and a median of $142,080 per year, or not available.
4. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 1,440 jobs in Columbus, IN, a gap of 1,300 from Engineers, All Other. Its median is $28,290 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.16.
5. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 1,310 jobs in Columbus, IN, a gap of 1,170 from Engineers, All Other. Its median is $38,510 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.38.
6. Mechanical Engineers has 1,000 jobs in Columbus, IN, a gap of 860 from Engineers, All Other. Its median is $127,700 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 10.52.
7. Industrial Engineers has 910 jobs in Columbus, IN, a gap of 770 from Engineers, All Other. Its median is $97,480 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 7.76.
8. Cashiers has 900 jobs in Columbus, IN, a gap of 760 from Engineers, All Other. Its median is $29,280 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.91.
4. Registered Nurses has a median of $77,030 per year in Columbus, IN, or not available. BLS lists 640 jobs, compared with 140 for Engineers, All Other. Its location quotient is 0.59.
5. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a median of $75,640 per year in Columbus, IN, or not available. BLS lists 690 jobs, compared with 140 for Engineers, All Other. Its location quotient is 3.2.
6. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $65,630 per year in Columbus, IN, or not available. BLS lists 450 jobs, compared with 140 for Engineers, All Other. Its location quotient is 1.13.
7. Industrial Machinery Mechanics has a median of $63,770 per year in Columbus, IN, or not available. BLS lists 490 jobs, compared with 140 for Engineers, All Other. Its location quotient is 3.48.
8. Machinists has a median of $61,230 per year in Columbus, IN, or not available. BLS lists 1,470 jobs, compared with 140 for Engineers, All Other. Its location quotient is 15.95.
4. Mechanical Engineers has a location quotient of 10.52 in Columbus, IN, a gap of 7.72 from Engineers, All Other. BLS lists 1,000 jobs and a median of $127,700 per year, or not available.
5. Industrial Engineers has a location quotient of 7.76 in Columbus, IN, a gap of 4.96 from Engineers, All Other. BLS lists 910 jobs and a median of $97,480 per year, or not available.
6. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a location quotient of 6.62 in Columbus, IN, a gap of 3.82 from Engineers, All Other. BLS lists 2,980 jobs and a median of $46,950 per year, or not available.
7. Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers has a location quotient of 4.7 in Columbus, IN, a gap of 1.90 from Engineers, All Other. BLS lists 900 jobs and a median of $49,030 per year, or not available.
8. Industrial Machinery Mechanics has a location quotient of 3.48 in Columbus, IN, a gap of 0.68 from Engineers, All Other. BLS lists 490 jobs and a median of $63,770 per year, or not available.
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