Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians · SOC 17-3026

Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians Salary in the Cedar Rapids Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Cedar Rapids, IA metro area

Figures describe the Cedar Rapids, IA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Cedar Rapids city limits.

Median annual wage$61,530
Median hourly wage$29.58

Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians in the Cedar Rapids, IA metro area earned a median of $61,530 per year ($29.58 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $60,650 at the 10th percentile to $89,590 at the 90th. BLS estimates 40 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians in the Cedar Rapids metro area earn more than $61,530 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $61,530 and $77,430.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$60,650$61,530$61,530$77,430$89,590
Hourly$29.16$29.58$29.58$37.23$43.07

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Cedar Rapids metro areathis metro area
    $61,530 median for Cedar Rapids metro area; middle half earns $61,530 to $77,430
  • Iowastate (IA)
    $64,410 median for Iowa; middle half earns $58,250 to $77,430
  • $66,120 median for United States; middle half earns $55,760 to $80,280

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −4% vs Iowa overall and −7% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$37,900$65,707$93,513$121,320Mayaguez, PR — $37,900San Angelo, TX — $40,630Aguadilla, PR — $41,740Ponce, PR — $41,970Waco, TX — $42,850Ocala, FL — $45,460Manhattan, KS — $46,000Morristown, TN — $46,790San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $47,080Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $47,220Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $47,230Arecibo, PR — $47,360Knoxville, TN — $48,830McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $49,680Jackson, MI — $50,090Mansfield, OH — $51,780Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $51,780Rapid City, SD — $51,940Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $52,000Columbia, MO — $52,800Jackson, MS — $53,500Springfield, MO — $53,690Johnson City, TN — $54,920Erie, PA — $55,010Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $55,010San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $55,310Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $55,460El Paso, TX — $55,840Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $56,190Logan, UT-ID — $56,580Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $57,000Elizabethtown, KY — $57,460Greensboro-High Point, NC — $57,530Lexington-Fayette, KY — $58,160Decatur, AL — $58,620Auburn-Opelika, AL — $58,860Rochester, NY — $59,420Toledo, OH — $59,420Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $59,500Appleton, WI — $59,790Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $59,840Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $60,290Joplin, MO-KS — $60,330Utica-Rome, NY — $60,440Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $60,530Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $60,560Lawrence, KS — $60,560Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $60,740Kenosha, WI — $60,780Binghamton, NY — $60,810Youngstown-Warren, OH — $60,930Battle Creek, MI — $60,940Montgomery, AL — $60,990Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $61,030Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $61,070South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $61,080Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $61,140New Haven, CT — $61,170Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $61,200Akron, OH — $61,250Florence, SC — $61,260Albuquerque, NM — $61,280Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $61,310Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $61,350Reno, NV — $61,470Cedar Rapids, IA — $61,530Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $61,550Wichita, KS — $61,770St. Cloud, MN — $61,790Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $61,890Reading, PA — $61,970Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $61,980Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $62,010Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $62,140Gainesville, GA — $62,160Sumter, SC — $62,290Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $62,490Bloomington, IN — $62,500Birmingham, AL — $62,600Cleveland, OH — $62,610Richmond, VA — $62,650Canton-Massillon, OH — $62,690Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $62,760Clarksville, TN-KY — $62,910Madison, WI — $63,010Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $63,140Syracuse, NY — $63,180Fort Wayne, IN — $63,260Jacksonville, FL — $63,460Chattanooga, TN-GA — $63,500Asheville, NC — $63,620Tallahassee, FL — $63,760Boise City, ID — $63,770Lancaster, PA — $63,840Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $63,870Elmira, NY — $63,890Columbia, SC — $63,960Columbus, IN — $64,020Bowling Green, KY — $64,060Colorado Springs, CO — $64,080Janesville-Beloit, WI — $64,100Roanoke, VA — $64,120Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $64,190North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $64,200Eau Claire, WI — $64,330Wausau, WI — $64,490Duluth, MN-WI — $64,610Kansas City, MO-KS — $64,700Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $64,760Lincoln, NE — $65,010Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $65,050Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $65,060Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $65,120Huntsville, AL — $65,140Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $65,270Sandusky, OH — $65,800Jackson, TN — $66,000Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $66,010Sheboygan, WI — $66,030Springfield, MA — $66,560Worcester, MA — $66,670Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $66,750Omaha, NE-IA — $66,880Pittsburgh, PA — $67,050Green Bay, WI — $67,120Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $67,340Springfield, OH — $67,620Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $67,760Spartanburg, SC — $67,860Manchester-Nashua, NH — $67,910Williamsport, PA — $68,160Tucson, AZ — $68,490Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $68,620Winston-Salem, NC — $68,870Boulder, CO — $69,010Tulsa, OK — $69,090York-Hanover, PA — $69,270Saginaw, MI — $69,360Greeley, CO — $69,780Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $71,160Rockford, IL — $71,190Terre Haute, IN — $71,340St. Louis, MO-IL — $71,900Flint, MI — $72,070Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $72,080Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $72,130Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $72,250Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $72,440Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $72,520Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $72,620Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $73,030Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $73,030Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $73,060Mankato, MN — $73,150Kokomo, IN — $73,650Macon-Bibb County, GA — $73,680Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $73,790Stockton-Lodi, CA — $73,820Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $74,160Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $74,250San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $74,250Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $74,310Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $74,890Kennewick-Richland, WA — $75,080Dalton, GA — $75,170New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $75,260Rocky Mount, NC — $75,400Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $75,450Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $75,770Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $75,870Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $76,190Harrisonburg, VA — $76,210Columbus, OH — $76,530Rochester, MN — $76,730Midland, MI — $76,930Ann Arbor, MI — $77,080Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $77,160Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $77,190Portland-South Portland, ME — $77,520Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $77,600Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $77,640Dubuque, IA — $77,860Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $78,100Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $78,700Wilmington, NC — $78,740Evansville, IN — $78,760Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $78,890Peoria, IL — $79,180Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $79,480Fond du Lac, WI — $79,500San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $80,180Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $80,310Raleigh-Cary, NC — $81,560Warner Robins, GA — $82,120Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $82,270Ogden, UT — $82,370Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $82,480Oklahoma City, OK — $83,370Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $84,410Savannah, GA — $89,850Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $90,620San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $90,660Midland, TX — $114,140Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $121,320

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Cedar Rapids metro area has the 139th-highest published median for this occupation among the 204 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Iowa

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for industrial engineering technologists and technicians, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Cedar Rapids metro areathis page
    $61,530 median for Cedar Rapids metro area; middle half earns $61,530 to $77,430
  • $78,700 median for Des Moines metro area; middle half earns $62,750 to $82,530
  • $77,860 median for Dubuque metro area; middle half earns $65,700 to $86,390
  • $77,160 median for Davenport metro area; middle half earns $61,090 to $90,130

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

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About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.