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 $149,990, Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada is the highest paying city for industrial engineers. It is followed by Anchorage, Alaska (average annual salary $145,020). 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 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	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$149,990	$75,610	200
2	Anchorage, Alaska	$145,020	$80,720	110
3	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$135,480	$88,650	40
4	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana	$134,090	$83,940	70
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$128,770	$81,270	3,990
6	Charleston, West Virginia	$128,700	$78,790	160
7	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$127,420	$80,500	190
8	Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$126,370	$97,920	80
9	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$126,360	$82,260	510
10	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$125,190	$78,840	900
11	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$123,200	$85,800	170
12	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$123,140	$77,350	530
13	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$122,410	$74,940	150
14	Midland, Texas	$121,710	$79,820	220
15	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$120,310	$83,660	3,580
16	Lafayette, Louisiana	$120,260	$54,270	140
17	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$120,030	$74,620	330
18	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$119,860	$71,730	800
19	Corpus Christi, Texas	$119,250	$75,510	250
20	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$117,770	$76,620	930
21	Los Alamos County, New Mexico	$116,990	$89,820	60
22	Odessa, Texas	$115,850	$76,740	60
23	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$115,290	$73,570	470
24	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$112,590	$81,670	80
25	Salinas, California	$111,760	$65,680	60
26	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$111,240	$70,660	5,290
27	Napa, California	$110,460	$79,610	30
28	Southeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$110,240	$55,140	30
29	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$110,150	$79,600	100
30	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$109,490	$47,780	70
31	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$108,760	$63,610	220
32	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$107,220	$76,960	310
33	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$106,860	$71,960	40
34	Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$106,490	$66,300	180
35	Farmington, New Mexico	$106,240	$66,500	30
36	Ithaca, New York	$106,240	$62,760	70
37	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$106,180	$80,800	230
38	Flagstaff, Arizona	$106,140	$88,730	240
39	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$105,190	$78,940	5,410
40	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$104,980	$77,310	1,410
41	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$104,830	$60,460	40
42	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$104,600	$77,330	80
43	Chico, California	$104,550	$58,450	40
44	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$103,840	$75,570	10,920
45	Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$103,790	$58,950	240
46	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$103,680	$70,090	310
47	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$103,650	$67,060	7,150
48	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$103,460	$64,460	570
49	Mobile, Alabama	$103,360	$78,100	600
50	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$103,350	$74,980	1,710
51	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$103,310	$74,780	700
52	San Angelo, Texas	$103,220	$68,710	40
53	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$103,140	$66,220	350
54	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$103,120	$48,790	60
55	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$103,080	$77,030	1,130
56	Morgantown, West Virginia	$103,000	$61,900	90
57	Sioux City, South Dakota	$102,970	$74,240	140
58	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$102,870	$75,140	8,850
59	Cumberland, West Virginia	$102,670	$65,080	110
60	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$102,660	$64,480	40
61	Billings, Montana	$102,260	$79,740	110
62	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$102,200	$66,550	2,290
63	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$102,160	$65,340	4,320
64	Idaho Falls, Idaho	$102,050	$62,940	90
65	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$102,000	$66,980	1,220
66	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$101,960	$86,070	30
67	Northeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$101,960	$73,630	40
68	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$101,940	$63,220	1,410
69	Tucson, Arizona	$101,880	$73,870	1,030
70	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$101,850	$64,160	5,290
71	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$101,820	$67,950	250
72	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$101,760	$75,780	2,620
73	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$101,740	$78,050	60
74	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$101,700	$67,040	6,150
75	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$101,630	$68,190	5,160
76	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$101,530	$63,210	1,950
77	Midland, Michigan	$101,330	$62,770	160
78	Boulder, Colorado	$101,240	$77,930	930
79	Las Cruces, New Mexico	$101,050	$67,880	60
80	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$100,860	$65,930	230
81	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$100,830	$67,780	3,660
82	Peoria, Illinois	$100,720	$77,600	1,670
83	Decatur, Alabama	$100,700	$74,860	490
84	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$100,440	$73,010	8,990
85	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$100,270	$75,210	1,320
86	Kankakee-Bradley, Illinois	$100,210	$62,820	110
87	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$100,120	$63,150	3,090
88	Columbus, Indiana	$100,030	$78,450	1,290
89	St Louis, Missouri	$100,000	$63,380	3,430
90	Bay City, Michigan	$100,000	$63,750	110
91	Stockton, California	$99,990	$64,500	210
92	Modesto, California	$99,870	$69,720	140
93	Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$99,820	$61,060	80
94	Decatur, Illinois	$99,820	$78,860	320
95	Savannah, Georgia	$99,800	$76,810	460
96	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$99,790	$68,540	870
97	Huntsville, Alabama	$99,770	$64,730	1,650
98	Richmond, Virginia	$99,730	$64,130	950
99	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$99,700	$64,040	800
100	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$99,670	$65,740	8,130

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for industrial engineers.