• Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2022

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).

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National estimates for Industrial Engineers
Industry profile for Industrial Engineers
Geographic profile for Industrial Engineers

National estimates for Industrial Engineers:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Industrial Engineers:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
321,400	0.6 %	$ 47.39	$ 98,560	0.4 %

Percentile wage estimates for Industrial Engineers:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 30.16	$ 37.31	$ 46.32	$ 56.25	$ 64.90
Annual Wage (2)	$ 62,730	$ 77,600	$ 96,350	$ 117,000	$ 134,990

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Industry profile for Industrial Engineers:

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

Industries with the highest levels of employment in Industrial Engineers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	23,360	4.89	$ 51.83	$ 107,810
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	23,020	1.45	$ 49.13	$ 102,180
Machinery Manufacturing (3331, 3332, 3334, and 3339 only)	19,790	2.64	$ 43.61	$ 90,700
Management of Companies and Enterprises	16,800	0.63	$ 52.40	$ 109,000
Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	16,100	3.89	$ 50.70	$ 105,450

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Industrial Engineers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing	5,140	5.79	$ 48.60	$ 101,080
Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing	990	4.99	$ 48.99	$ 101,900
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	23,360	4.89	$ 51.83	$ 107,810
Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing	15,650	4.18	$ 48.72	$ 101,350
Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	16,100	3.89	$ 50.70	$ 105,450

Top paying industries for Industrial Engineers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services	50	0.03	$ 79.77	$ 165,920
Oil and Gas Extraction	1,200	1.18	$ 69.22	$ 143,980
Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services	40	(7)	$ 66.53	$ 138,390
Other Pipeline Transportation	50	0.67	$ 63.65	$ 132,400
Scheduled Air Transportation	70	0.02	$ 63.49	$ 132,060

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Geographic profile for Industrial Engineers:

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

States with the highest employment level in Industrial Engineers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Michigan	26,410	6.22	2.86	$ 45.77	$ 95,210
California	24,110	1.37	0.63	$ 56.43	$ 117,370
Texas	23,820	1.83	0.84	$ 49.93	$ 103,860
Ohio	18,150	3.38	1.55	$ 44.58	$ 92,730
Illinois	15,580	2.65	1.22	$ 47.32	$ 98,430

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Industrial Engineers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Michigan	26,410	6.22	2.86	$ 45.77	$ 95,210
Minnesota	15,530	5.49	2.53	$ 46.77	$ 97,270
Wisconsin	11,680	4.14	1.91	$ 40.68	$ 84,600
Indiana	11,690	3.78	1.74	$ 43.10	$ 89,660
Connecticut	6,090	3.73	1.72	$ 47.91	$ 99,640

Top paying states for Industrial Engineers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Alaska	200	0.65	0.30	$ 67.32	$ 140,020
California	24,110	1.37	0.63	$ 56.43	$ 117,370
Louisiana	2,120	1.15	0.53	$ 56.22	$ 116,950
Maryland	2,730	1.03	0.48	$ 54.81	$ 114,000
Hawaii	30	0.05	0.03	$ 54.62	$ 113,620

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Industrial Engineers:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	15,270	8.18	3.76	$ 46.87	$ 97,500
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	12,080	6.41	2.95	$ 48.46	$ 100,810
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	10,920	4.04	1.86	$ 53.44	$ 111,160
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	10,390	2.35	1.08	$ 47.87	$ 99,580
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	8,990	0.98	0.45	$ 50.81	$ 105,680
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	8,850	1.45	0.67	$ 54.23	$ 112,810
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	8,130	2.14	0.98	$ 49.15	$ 102,230
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	7,150	2.34	1.08	$ 52.85	$ 109,930
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	5,590	2.02	0.93	$ 45.64	$ 94,940
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	5,410	2.66	1.22	$ 56.63	$ 117,800

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Industrial Engineers:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Columbus, IN	1,290	26.25	12.08	$ 51.22	$ 106,540
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	1,010	11.92	5.48	$ 44.96	$ 93,510
Peoria, IL	1,670	10.28	4.73	$ 51.92	$ 107,990
Bloomington, IN	690	9.56	4.40	$ 39.43	$ 82,010
Decatur, AL	490	8.65	3.98	$ 50.99	$ 106,050
Rocky Mount, NC	460	8.48	3.90	$ 42.95	$ 89,330
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	15,270	8.18	3.76	$ 46.87	$ 97,500
Sheboygan, WI	460	7.81	3.59	$ 38.60	$ 80,290
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	1,630	7.13	3.28	$ 46.36	$ 96,420
Decatur, IL	320	7.00	3.22	$ 50.40	$ 104,830