The annual salary statistics of industrial engineers in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky is shown in Table 1. The wage data of industrial engineers in Louisville-Jefferson County is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $60,510 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $75,400 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $84,340 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $103,460 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $123,220 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for industrial engineers in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $123,220. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $84,340. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $60,510.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of industrial engineers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $84,340 | 5.98% | 11.81% |
| 2021 | $79,300 | 1.07% | - |
| 2020 | $78,450 | 3.30% | - |
| 2019 | $75,860 | 3.78% | - |
| 2018 | $72,990 | -2.37% | - |
| 2017 | $74,720 | 4.63% | - |
| 2016 | $71,260 | -3.17% | - |
| 2015 | $73,520 | -1.85% | - |
| 2014 | $74,880 | -8.01% | - |
| 2013 | $80,880 | 8.04% | - |
| 2012 | $74,380 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $84,340, Louisville-Jefferson County is the second highest paying city for industrial engineers in state of Kentucky, following the highest paying city Owensboro (median annual salary of $96,220). Compared with Owensboro, the median annual salary of industrial engineers in Louisville-Jefferson County is 12.3 percent (12.3%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Owensboro | |
| Louisville-Jefferson County | |
| Lexington-Fayette | |
| East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| Evansville | |
| Elizabethtown | |
| West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| Bowling Green | |
| South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area |