Pay distribution $88,820 10th $105,810 25th $164,870 75th $178,710 90th
Half of Industrial Engineers in the Seattle metro area earn more than $131,210 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $105,810 and $164,870.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $88,820 $105,810 $131,210 $164,870 $178,710 Hourly $42.70 $50.87 $63.08 $79.27 $85.92
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.
How this area compares Seattle metro areathis metro area
$131,210 median for Seattle metro area; middle half earns $105,810 to $164,870
$129,050 median for Washington; middle half earns $102,400 to $155,920
$102,440 median for United States; middle half earns $83,600 to $129,250
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +2% vs Washington overall and +28% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $47,730 $89,123 $130,517 $171,910 Hinesville, GA — $47,730 Mayaguez, PR — $63,280 College Station-Bryan, TX — $65,730 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $72,430 Gadsden, AL — $72,880 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $73,070 St. George, UT — $79,020 Montgomery, AL — $79,480 Grand Island, NE — $80,200 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $80,250 Altoona, PA — $80,260 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $80,510 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $81,080 Rapid City, SD — $81,480 Pocatello, ID — $81,530 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $82,390 El Paso, TX — $82,760 Arecibo, PR — $82,930 Ponce, PR — $83,040 Muncie, IN — $83,990 Aguadilla, PR — $84,030 Johnson City, TN — $84,160 Springfield, MO — $84,320 Joplin, MO-KS — $84,560 Grand Junction, CO — $84,670 Jefferson City, MO — $84,920 Elmira, NY — $85,110 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $85,200 Iowa City, IA — $85,800 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $86,000 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $86,110 Johnstown, PA — $86,130 Williamsport, PA — $86,360 Erie, PA — $86,430 Fargo, ND-MN — $86,510 Traverse City, MI — $86,560 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $86,640 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $86,680 Rome, GA — $86,730 Bismarck, ND — $86,940 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $87,170 St. Cloud, MN — $88,340 Bozeman, MT — $88,570 Ames, IA — $88,650 State College, PA — $88,690 Winchester, VA-WV — $88,730 Mansfield, OH — $90,680 Springfield, IL — $90,680 Clarksville, TN-KY — $91,000 Fort Wayne, IN — $91,000 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $91,140 Merced, CA — $91,490 San Angelo, TX — $91,640 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $91,680 Terre Haute, IN — $91,880 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $91,930 Fayetteville, NC — $92,080 Wausau, WI — $92,120 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $92,330 Niles, MI — $92,820 Rocky Mount, NC — $92,840 Lebanon, PA — $92,970 Owensboro, KY — $93,080 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $93,100 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $93,100 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $93,110 Kingston, NY — $93,210 Battle Creek, MI — $93,350 Valdosta, GA — $93,380 Roanoke, VA — $93,520 Victoria, TX — $93,560 Utica-Rome, NY — $93,770 York-Hanover, PA — $93,810 Wichita Falls, TX — $93,830 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $93,940 Green Bay, WI — $93,950 Rockford, IL — $93,980 Logan, UT-ID — $94,040 Jackson, TN — $94,060 Dothan, AL — $94,090 Yuma, AZ — $94,090 Sheboygan, WI — $94,170 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $94,370 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $94,530 Eau Claire, WI — $94,550 Kankakee, IL — $94,690 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $94,800 Lewiston, ID-WA — $94,970 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $95,000 Salinas, CA — $95,100 Dalton, GA — $95,160 Killeen-Temple, TX — $95,220 Manhattan, KS — $95,230 Longview, TX — $95,310 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $95,370 Appleton, WI — $95,380 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $95,440 Lubbock, TX — $95,680 Tucson, AZ — $95,700 Sandusky, OH — $95,720 Knoxville, TN — $95,750 Jackson, MS — $95,800 Amarillo, TX — $95,810 Springfield, OH — $95,860 Burlington, NC — $95,870 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $95,930 Bend, OR — $96,080 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $96,110 Mankato, MN — $96,110 Medford, OR — $96,130 Duluth, MN-WI — $96,150 Saginaw, MI — $96,190 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $96,260 Cleveland, TN — $96,360 Homosassa Springs, FL — $96,470 Chambersburg, PA — $96,570 Gainesville, GA — $96,650 Jackson, MI — $96,670 Twin Falls, ID — $96,680 Abilene, TX — $96,840 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $96,870 Canton-Massillon, OH — $96,880 Monroe, LA — $97,070 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $97,180 Rochester, MN — $97,190 Goldsboro, NC — $97,220 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $97,220 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $97,250 Morristown, TN — $97,310 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $97,350 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $97,360 Carson City, NV — $97,400 Sherman-Denison, TX — $97,450 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $97,460 Columbus, IN — $97,480 Elizabethtown, KY — $97,550 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $97,620 Fresno, CA — $97,650 Gettysburg, PA — $97,650 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $97,730 Winston-Salem, NC — $97,760 Bloomington, IN — $97,770 Lancaster, PA — $97,770 Monroe, MI — $97,770 Florence, SC — $97,810 Gainesville, FL — $97,830 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $97,950 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $98,000 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $98,100 Oklahoma City, OK — $98,190 Pittsburgh, PA — $98,190 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $98,260 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $98,270 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $98,380 Lincoln, NE — $98,390 Fond du Lac, WI — $98,410 Wheeling, WV-OH — $98,410 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $98,480 Toledo, OH — $98,490 Port St. Lucie, FL — $98,520 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $98,550 Modesto, CA — $98,560 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $98,640 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $98,650 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $98,740 Columbia, SC — $98,780 Greenville, NC — $98,880 Idaho Falls, ID — $98,890 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $98,910 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $98,940 Morgantown, WV — $98,940 Bloomington, IL — $98,950 Glens Falls, NY — $98,950 Columbus, GA-AL — $98,970 Kenosha, WI — $99,040 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $99,110 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $99,170 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $99,230 Cleveland, OH — $99,300 Ocala, FL — $99,300 El Centro, CA — $99,330 Chico, CA — $99,350 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $99,410 Tallahassee, FL — $99,430 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $99,500 Reading, PA — $99,520 Wilmington, NC — $99,540 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $99,550 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $99,550 Charlottesville, VA — $99,560 Cedar Rapids, IA — $99,570 Longview-Kelso, WA — $99,630 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $99,650 Tyler, TX — $99,750 Tulsa, OK — $99,830 Spartanburg, SC — $99,860 Lynchburg, VA — $99,900 Akron, OH — $99,910 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $99,920 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $100,020 Savannah, GA — $100,100 Rochester, NY — $100,150 Harrisonburg, VA — $100,190 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $100,270 Madison, WI — $100,370 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $100,380 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $100,410 Springfield, MA — $100,460 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $100,470 Birmingham, AL — $100,480 Kansas City, MO-KS — $100,480 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $100,480 Warner Robins, GA — $100,480 Asheville, NC — $100,490 Columbus, OH — $100,570 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $100,670 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $100,730 Albany, OR — $100,750 Bellingham, WA — $100,820 Boise City, ID — $100,840 Salem, OR — $100,860 Binghamton, NY — $100,880 Jacksonville, FL — $100,950 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $100,980 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $101,000 Portland-South Portland, ME — $101,030 Columbia, MO — $101,130 Jonesboro, AR — $101,150 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $101,260 Bowling Green, KY — $101,280 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $101,280 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $101,300 Hattiesburg, MS — $101,300 Sumter, SC — $101,430 Ogden, UT — $101,440 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $101,500 Wichita, KS — $101,510 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $101,520 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $101,590 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $101,610 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $101,630 Vineland, NJ — $101,680 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $101,700 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $101,760 Visalia, CA — $101,860 Waco, TX — $101,910 Omaha, NE-IA — $101,980 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $102,090 St. Louis, MO-IL — $102,230 Paducah, KY-IL — $102,270 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $102,300 Flint, MI — $102,360 Topeka, KS — $102,480 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $102,540 Bay City, MI — $102,590 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $102,600 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $102,890 Evansville, IN — $102,980 Reno, NV — $103,060 New Haven, CT — $103,070 Richmond, VA — $103,180 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $103,200 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $103,370 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $103,390 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $103,440 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $103,610 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $103,740 Pittsfield, MA — $103,750 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $103,790 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $104,030 Albany, GA — $104,100 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $104,100 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $104,110 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $104,170 Corvallis, OR — $104,230 Syracuse, NY — $104,360 Greeley, CO — $104,410 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $104,450 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $104,460 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $104,700 Midland, MI — $104,700 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $104,730 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $104,750 Pueblo, CO — $104,810 Tuscaloosa, AL — $104,840 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $104,920 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $105,140 Lima, OH — $105,140 Colorado Springs, CO — $105,320 Odessa, TX — $105,390 Ann Arbor, MI — $105,610 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $105,640 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $105,660 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $105,840 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $105,920 Huntsville, AL — $106,110 Dover, DE — $106,180 Mobile, AL — $106,220 Decatur, AL — $106,230 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $106,290 Napa, CA — $106,380 Kokomo, IN — $106,570 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $106,630 Ithaca, NY — $106,830 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $106,860 Worcester, MA — $107,020 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $107,740 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $108,530 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $108,680 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $109,020 Dubuque, IA — $109,040 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $110,190 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $110,830 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $111,690 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $112,440 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $113,040 Vallejo, CA — $113,630 Barnstable Town, MA — $115,860 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $115,870 Lafayette, LA — $117,120 Boulder, CO — $117,160 Peoria, IL — $117,180 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $117,600 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $117,850 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $118,970 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $119,050 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $119,790 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $119,990 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $121,360 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $121,660 Corpus Christi, TX — $122,470 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $123,540 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $123,660 Urban Honolulu, HI — $125,980 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $126,090 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $127,340 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $128,690 Lake Charles, LA — $129,260 Baton Rouge, LA — $129,500 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $129,890 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $131,210 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $131,740 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $131,870 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $132,230 Albuquerque, NM — $132,290 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $136,950 Billings, MT — $139,420 Lexington Park, MD — $139,600 Midland, TX — $141,120 Charleston, WV — $143,860 Anchorage, AK — $171,910 Seattle metro area 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 Seattle metro area has the 11th-highest published median for this occupation among the 351 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 Washington Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for industrial engineers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Seattle metro areathis page
$131,210 median for Seattle metro area; middle half earns $105,810 to $164,870
$121,360 median for Mount Vernon metro area; middle half earns $97,610 to $131,540
$117,850 median for Kennewick metro area; middle half earns $102,990 to $148,080
$106,630 median for Bremerton metro area; middle half earns $99,590 to $129,130
$104,460 median for Spokane metro area; middle half earns $81,940 to $129,360
$100,820 median for Bellingham metro area; middle half earns $82,550 to $117,840
$99,630 median for Longview metro area; middle half earns $92,770 to $117,330
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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 .