Highest-paying Cities for Industrial Engineering Technicians

The top 100 highest paying cities for industrial engineering technicians (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 engineering technicians in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $101,020, Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska is the highest paying city for industrial engineering technicians. It is followed by Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi (average annual salary $97,630). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of industrial engineering technicians in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Industrial Engineering Technicians

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$101,020	$78,900	50
2	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$97,630	$58,930	60
3	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$95,580	$65,580	370
4	Tacoma, Washington	$90,670	$62,540	50
5	Idaho Falls, Idaho	$84,220	$58,280	130
6	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$83,720	$47,470	320
7	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$82,500	$57,720	90
8	Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$82,380	$47,940	60
9	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$82,010	$50,470	60
10	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$82,010	$52,080	70
11	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$81,330	$61,050	70
12	Greeley, Colorado	$81,110	$53,200	60
13	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$80,960	$60,610	90
14	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$80,670	$68,570	n/a
15	Midland, Texas	$79,360	$37,770	30
16	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$78,260	$49,410	370
17	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$78,240	$47,680	940
18	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$78,210	$58,600	500
19	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$78,110	$48,140	340
20	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$77,650	$40,940	30
21	Peoria, Illinois	$77,470	$44,810	190
22	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$77,270	$52,610	110
23	Sherman-Denison, Texas	$76,630	$47,490	100
24	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$76,540	$33,690	90
25	Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$76,390	$38,090	50
26	Lynchburg, Virginia	$76,170	$47,580	60
27	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$75,740	$39,030	1,260
28	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$75,670	$48,180	40
29	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$75,600	$49,860	110
30	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$74,570	$51,620	360
31	Corpus Christi, Texas	$74,090	$43,970	40
32	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$73,990	$36,880	870
33	Midland, Michigan	$73,950	$47,020	40
34	Savannah, Georgia	$73,550	$46,590	40
35	Terre Haute, Indiana	$72,870	$47,300	40
36	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$72,460	$48,090	70
37	Honolulu, Hawaii	$72,240	$42,820	30
38	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$71,210	$46,950	280
39	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$71,040	$52,740	120
40	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$70,780	$50,050	60
41	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$70,750	$55,560	60
42	Stockton, California	$70,680	$33,560	40
43	Warner Robins, Georgia	$70,620	$62,800	270
44	Duluth, Wisconsin	$70,410	$46,300	90
45	New Iberia nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$70,180	$43,310	90
46	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$69,790	$52,020	490
47	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$69,310	$50,540	490
48	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$69,070	$42,630	430
49	Kansas City, Missouri	$68,450	$42,750	350
50	Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia	$68,390	$38,030	70
51	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$68,340	$37,360	230
52	Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire	$68,210	$42,530	40
53	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$67,640	$41,200	70
54	Ames, Iowa	$67,360	$55,870	40
55	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$67,090	$37,770	140
56	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$66,640	$46,550	40
57	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$66,590	$37,840	1,290
58	Winchester, West Virginia	$65,930	$44,260	30
59	Decatur, Alabama	$65,890	$47,840	70
60	Lafayette, Indiana	$65,860	$44,770	70
61	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$65,420	$19,920	40
62	Albany, Georgia	$65,060	$49,840	30
63	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$64,920	$44,590	150
64	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$64,800	$48,080	150
65	Monroe, Michigan	$64,760	$36,520	30
66	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$64,720	$40,700	1,320
67	Boulder, Colorado	$64,540	$48,500	170
68	Flagstaff, Arizona	$64,410	$51,320	30
69	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$64,330	$45,780	70
70	Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$64,220	$46,800	40
71	Binghamton, New York	$64,150	$39,470	80
72	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$64,110	$46,660	2,960
73	Waco, Texas	$64,080	$43,460	40
74	Rocky Mount, North Carolina	$64,010	$52,650	150
75	Wilmington, North Carolina	$63,940	$36,940	40
76	St Louis, Missouri	$63,900	$40,710	370
77	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$63,870	$47,670	70
78	South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$63,750	$43,010	150
79	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$63,750	$38,440	170
80	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$63,710	$53,650	50
81	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$63,650	$44,840	2,980
82	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$63,600	$31,020	40
83	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$63,530	$38,230	1,300
84	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$63,430	$48,380	2,760
85	Bowling Green, Kentucky	$63,240	$44,020	50
86	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$63,190	$43,050	120
87	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$63,040	$35,360	140
88	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$62,830	$44,330	420
89	Peabody, Massachusetts	$62,830	$40,250	80
90	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$62,810	$48,550	1,350
91	Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$62,810	$44,220	40
92	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$62,740	$44,700	200
93	Mobile, Alabama	$62,700	$52,130	80
94	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$62,600	$45,410	150
95	Sumter, South Carolina	$62,590	$56,560	60
96	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$62,570	$43,470	390
97	Rochester, Minnesota	$62,540	$45,750	150
98	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$62,530	$53,120	40
99	Evansville, Kentucky	$62,400	$38,530	100
100	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$62,400	$43,370	630

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for industrial engineering technicians.