Industrial Engineer salary
What a industrial engineer actually earns, from 301 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-07-23.
Switch the market above to see industrial engineer pay in the 2 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
An industrial engineer earns a blended US median near 104,706 dollars, with the typical middle running from 88,889 dollars to 131,822 dollars. The official OEWS median is 101,140 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 15 percent since 2019. By seniority, posted pay runs from roughly 92,597 dollars to 113,744 dollars. Demand is rated high, and 0% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is mechanical engineer, at 32 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open industrial engineer roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
- Industrial Engineer (m/w/d) Zeitwirtschaft & Prozessplanung im Raum Darmstadt (1702)BRÜGGEN ENGINEERING GmbH · DarmstadtJul 15
- INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERSTRATEGIC SYSTEMS PROGRAMS (SSP) · Kings Bay, Georgia$106k–$138kJun 18
- Sr. Production Engineer, Solutions EngineeringPinterest · Chicago, IL, US; Remote, CA, US$140kRemoteJun 12
- Senior / Staff Manufacturing Engineer - Body (Body-in-White)Zoox · Hayward, CA$178k–$245kJun 4
- Senior / Staff Manufacturing Engineer - High Voltage Battery AssemblyZoox · Hayward, CA$178k–$245kJun 4
- Senior Industrial EngineerZoox · Hayward, CA$155k–$214kJun 1
By seniority
Posted-median pay by seniority signal in the title, from our corpus. Noisy at the edges where sample sizes are small.
By country
- United States$88,889 – $131,822 · median $104,706
- United Kingdom$58,293 – $84,715 · median $67,239
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Californiamedian $123,070
- Washingtonmedian $119,670
- Delawaremedian $118,670
- Texasmedian $103,430
- Floridamedian $103,340
- Virginiamedian $99,990
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Quick answers
How much does an industrial engineer make?
The blended US median is about 104,706 dollars, with a typical range from 88,889 dollars to 131,822 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 101,140 dollars.
Is industrial engineer a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 0% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can an industrial engineer move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is mechanical engineer, at 32 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 17-2112. Unemployment is the 2025 BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) CPS (Current Population Survey) annual-average rate for “Industrial engineers, including health and safety.” Live corpus 301 observations, 2026-07-23. Definitions in the glossary.