Industrial Engineers
United States. Estimated employment 365,740, with pages for 33 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 17-2112
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$102,440 · 50th
$74,37010th
$83,60025th
$102,44050th
$129,25075th
$159,86090th
That is the median — half of industrial engineers in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Industrial Engineers page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| Midland, TX | $141,120 | 320 |
| San Jose, CA | $136,950 | 4,800 |
| San Francisco, CA | $132,230 | 5,470 |
| Santa Cruz, CA | $131,740 | 120 |
| Beaumont, TX | $123,660 | 710 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | $122,470 | 350 |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $121,660 | 230 |
| Santa Maria, CA | $119,790 | 380 |
| San Diego, CA | $119,050 | 3,990 |
| Peoria, IL | $117,180 | 1,500 |
| Vallejo, CA | $113,630 | 190 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $113,040 | 11,460 |
| Houston, TX | $111,690 | 8,620 |
| Dallas, TX | $105,640 | 10,680 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | $105,610 | 930 |
| Minneapolis, MN | $104,730 | 13,970 |
| Midland, MI | $104,700 | 170 |
| Detroit, MI | $104,110 | 17,350 |
| Austin, TX | $103,610 | 3,440 |
| Bay City, MI | $102,590 | 160 |
| Flint, MI | $102,360 | 400 |
| Waco, TX | $101,910 | 250 |
| Chicago, IL | $101,760 | 12,750 |
| Grand Rapids, MI | $98,940 | 4,170 |
| Lansing, MI | $98,260 | 810 |
| Monroe, MI | $97,770 | 170 |
| Rochester, MN | $97,190 | 290 |
| Duluth, MN | $96,150 | 480 |
| Mankato, MN | $96,110 | 350 |
| Rockford, IL | $93,980 | 860 |
| Springfield, IL | $90,680 | 110 |
| St. Cloud, MN | $88,340 | 240 |
| Champaign, IL | $82,390 | 200 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 365,740 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 17-2112, Industrial Engineers. Mapped to our taxonomy as industrial-engineers.
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