Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019

17-2112 Industrial Engineers

Design, develop, test, and evaluate integrated systems for managing industrial production processes, including human work factors, quality control, inventory control, logistics and material flow, cost analysis, and production coordination. Excludes �Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors� (17-2111).

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
291,710	1.4 %	$44.55	$92,660	0.3 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$27.54	$33.91	$42.32	$52.96	$64.46
Annual Wage (2)	$57,290	$70,540	$88,020	$110,160	$134,070

Industry profile for this occupation:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	26,200	5.03	$49.21	$102,350
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	19,090	1.27	$48.48	$100,840
Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing	17,250	2.86	$40.81	$84,880
Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing	16,160	4.46	$47.85	$99,530
Machinery Manufacturing (3331, 3332, 3334, and 3339 only)	16,160	2.15	$42.64	$88,690

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	26,200	5.03	$49.21	$102,350
Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing	16,160	4.46	$47.85	$99,530
Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing	3,850	3.94	$43.28	$90,020
Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	14,860	3.65	$46.95	$97,650
Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing	9,360	2.94	$44.00	$91,530

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil	40	0.33	$57.97	$120,580
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4241, 4247, and 4249 only)	400	0.07	$56.55	$117,620
Telecommunications	460	0.06	$55.62	$115,680
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	2,560	0.17	$54.72	$113,830
Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas	220	0.72	$54.40	$113,150

Geographic profile for this occupation:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Michigan	29,470	6.78	3.42	$43.52	$90,530
California	26,800	1.54	0.78	$51.87	$107,890
Texas	19,520	1.57	0.79	$52.36	$108,900
Ohio	15,450	2.84	1.43	$40.49	$84,220
New York	11,760	1.23	0.62	$46.41	$96,530

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Michigan	29,470	6.78	3.42	$43.52	$90,530
Wisconsin	10,760	3.75	1.89	$37.58	$78,170
Indiana	11,060	3.60	1.81	$37.46	$77,930
South Carolina	7,490	3.56	1.79	$42.83	$89,090
Connecticut	5,780	3.47	1.75	$44.74	$93,070

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Washington	7,220	2.17	1.09	$52.50	$109,200
Texas	19,520	1.57	0.79	$52.36	$108,900
Wyoming	140	0.50	0.25	$52.35	$108,890
Montana	220	0.48	0.24	$52.10	$108,360
California	26,800	1.54	0.78	$51.87	$107,890

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	19,680	9.94	5.00	$45.39	$94,420
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	10,910	3.90	1.96	$50.68	$105,420
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	9,820	1.57	0.79	$51.72	$107,580
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	8,100	1.73	0.87	$43.68	$90,860
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	7,890	4.00	2.02	$46.05	$95,780
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	7,730	0.80	0.40	$50.48	$105,010
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	7,290	1.99	1.00	$48.45	$100,780
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	5,860	2.90	1.46	$54.66	$113,690
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	5,400	1.77	0.89	$63.39	$131,850
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	5,050	4.42	2.23	$58.63	$121,940