The salary statistics of industrial engineers, including health and safety are shown in Table 1. The average hourly salary of industrial engineers, including health and safety in the United States is shown in Table 2. In the next few tables we compare the average salaries of industrial engineers, including health and safety within different industry sectors and in the 50 states of the United States. The industrial engineers, including health and safety annual salary statistics are from the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2016 and published in April 2017 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | |
| 25th Percentile Wage | |
| 50th Percentile Wage | |
| 75th Percentile Wage | |
| 90th Percentile Wage | |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for industrial engineers, including health and safety. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) industrial engineers, including health and safety is $129,760. The median annual salary (50th percentile) is $84,510. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent is $53,780. It is noted that in the United States, the annual salary of the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is almost 141% higher than that of the bottom 10 percent.
The following table and chart show the trend of the median salary of industrial engineers, including health and safety from 2012 to 2016.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 4-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 84,510 | 1.11% | 6.89% |
| 2015 | 83,570 | 2.46% | - |
| 2014 | 81,510 | 1.62% | - |
| 2013 | 80,190 | 1.87% | - |
| 2012 | 78,690 | - | - |
The average salaries of industrial engineers, including health and safety in 17 major industry sectors are shown in Table 2. We note that the salaries vary considerably within different industry sectors. The highest paying industry sector for industrial engineers, including health and safety occupations is the mining sector with an annual salary $100,490. The lowest paying sector is the real estate and rental and leasing sector (annual salary $71,420).
