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Highest Paying Cities for Industrial Engineers

The top 100 highest paying cities for industrial engineers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of industrial engineers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $135,480, Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska is the highest paying city for industrial engineers. It is followed by San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California (average annual salary $117,770). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2018 [1]. For more salary information of industrial engineers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Cities/Areas for Industrial Engineers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$135,480	$88,650	40
2	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$117,770	$76,620	930
3	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$117,710	$74,280	4,250
4	Los Alamos County, New Mexico	$116,990	$89,820	60
5	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$116,430	$76,060	370
6	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$115,160	$66,130	480
7	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$114,490	$70,860	160
8	San Rafael, USA	$113,940	$70,480	180
9	Anchorage, Alaska	$112,690	$74,320	50
10	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$112,590	$81,670	80
11	Sierra Vista-Douglas, USA	$112,090	$88,060	n/a
12	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$111,820	$68,690	4,820
13	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$111,240	$70,660	5,290
14	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$111,020	$46,220	40
15	Urban Honolulu, USA	$110,860	$55,030	80
16	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$110,740	$70,360	5,470
17	Southeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$110,240	$55,140	30
18	College Station-Bryan, Texas	$109,600	$56,930	40
19	Midland, Texas	$108,240	$82,980	220
20	California-Lexington Park, USA	$107,530	$67,960	210
21	Corpus Christi, Texas	$107,170	$65,720	440
22	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$106,980	$66,860	360
23	Corvallis, Oregon	$106,280	$65,900	n/a
24	Farmington, New Mexico	$106,240	$66,500	40
25	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$105,950	$67,470	2,670
26	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$104,830	$60,460	40
27	Tucson, Arizona	$103,860	$69,550	1,000
28	Wheeling, West Virginia	$103,540	$68,010	50
29	Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$103,350	$70,510	80
30	Chico, California	$102,910	$64,040	40
31	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$102,160	$65,340	4,320
32	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$102,130	$60,800	530
33	Northeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$101,960	$73,630	40
34	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$101,960	$86,070	40
35	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$101,820	$67,950	250
36	Amarillo, Texas	$101,770	$72,080	40
37	Decatur, Alabama	$101,750	$68,000	210
38	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$101,700	$67,040	6,150
39	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$101,630	$68,190	5,160
40	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, USA	$101,530	$63,910	390
41	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$101,420	$51,150	170
42	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, USA	$101,130	$66,940	9,790
43	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$100,890	$67,500	3,520
44	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$100,690	$69,240	630
45	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$100,150	$63,630	100
46	Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, USA	$100,020	$66,800	3,640
47	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$99,910	$70,490	190
48	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$99,790	$68,540	870
49	Boulder, Colorado	$99,710	$55,320	670
50	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$99,640	$63,240	340
51	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$99,290	$65,200	1,330
52	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$99,260	$67,630	6,470
53	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$98,790	$67,980	130
54	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$98,290	$64,420	1,470
55	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$97,990	$60,900	290
56	Wilmington, North Carolina	$97,860	$69,990	240
57	Framingham, Massachusetts	$97,730	$69,170	780
58	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$97,420	$65,580	80
59	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$97,410	$62,150	1,050
60	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$97,270	$62,770	6,370
61	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$97,200	$65,610	1,560
62	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$97,060	$58,210	1,210
63	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$96,930	$69,680	40
64	Bismarck, North Dakota	$96,920	$81,090	40
65	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$96,820	$54,760	560
66	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$96,420	$63,710	190
67	Hattiesburg, Mississippi	$96,150	$71,060	50
68	Pueblo, Colorado	$95,990	$67,620	50
69	Las Cruces, New Mexico	$95,960	$60,590	40
70	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$95,960	$62,180	1,520
71	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$95,750	$66,630	380
72	Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$95,610	$60,210	50
73	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$95,510	$60,790	9,160
74	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$95,500	$64,220	60
75	Idaho Falls, Idaho	$95,360	$64,780	140
76	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$95,270	$68,350	830
77	Sioux City, South Dakota	$95,190	$58,760	110
78	Wilmington, New Jersey	$95,170	$70,320	700
79	Lubbock, Texas	$94,750	$58,180	30
80	Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire	$94,480	$66,390	180
81	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$94,400	$60,860	2,040
82	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$94,330	$62,530	60
83	Tacoma, Washington	$94,210	$66,320	180
84	Visalia-Porterville, California	$94,140	$55,880	90
85	Flint, Michigan	$94,110	$66,160	360
86	Bay City, Michigan	$94,010	$60,290	70
87	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, USA	$93,950	$61,580	12,040
88	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$93,920	$54,640	360
89	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$93,790	$64,020	1,670
90	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$93,770	$61,360	1,140
91	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$93,560	$58,610	1,540
92	Mobile, Alabama	$93,090	$67,880	410
93	Peoria, Illinois	$93,070	$67,380	1,240
94	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$93,040	$65,620	4,450
95	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$92,640	$62,730	17,500
96	Staunton-Waynesboro, USA	$92,560	$65,880	110
97	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$92,550	$58,370	820
98	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$92,490	$63,340	2,870
99	Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, USA	$92,380	$64,720	2,320
100	Johnstown, Pennsylvania	$92,350	$65,080	50