Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2020

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 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)
290,190	1.4 %	$ 45.01	$ 93,610	0.3 %

Percentile wage estimates for Industrial Engineers:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 27.86	$ 34.44	$ 42.76	$ 53.54	$ 65.83
Annual Wage (2)	$ 57,950	$ 71,630	$ 88,950	$ 111,360	$ 136,930

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	28,500	5.43	$ 49.33	$ 102,610
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	19,420	1.29	$ 49.48	$ 102,920
Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing	16,620	4.51	$ 47.56	$ 98,920
Machinery Manufacturing (3331, 3332, 3334, and 3339 only)	16,340	2.27	$ 43.12	$ 89,680
Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	15,810	3.77	$ 47.41	$ 98,620

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Industrial Engineers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	28,500	5.43	$ 49.33	$ 102,610
Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing	16,620	4.51	$ 47.56	$ 98,920
Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing	3,830	4.17	$ 44.33	$ 92,210
Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	15,810	3.77	$ 47.41	$ 98,620
Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing	10,240	3.29	$ 45.15	$ 93,920

Top paying industries for Industrial Engineers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil	50	0.38	$ 58.10	$ 120,850
Telecommunications	380	0.06	$ 55.25	$ 114,920
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing	1,250	1.15	$ 54.71	$ 113,800
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	2,080	0.14	$ 54.53	$ 113,420
Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas	180	0.60	$ 54.01	$ 112,340

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)
California	25,600	1.56	0.75	$ 51.99	$ 108,130
Michigan	25,380	6.47	3.10	$ 44.98	$ 93,550
Texas	20,490	1.69	0.81	$ 49.65	$ 103,260
Ohio	14,350	2.79	1.34	$ 41.47	$ 86,270
Illinois	12,480	2.22	1.06	$ 44.60	$ 92,760

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	25,380	6.47	3.10	$ 44.98	$ 93,550
Wisconsin	11,660	4.30	2.06	$ 37.70	$ 78,420
Connecticut	6,170	4.00	1.92	$ 44.87	$ 93,330
Minnesota	10,290	3.80	1.82	$ 45.38	$ 94,400
Indiana	10,600	3.63	1.74	$ 38.07	$ 79,190

Top paying states for Industrial Engineers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New Mexico	440	0.57	0.27	$ 54.77	$ 113,920
Washington	7,640	2.39	1.15	$ 53.51	$ 111,310
Montana	230	0.51	0.24	$ 53.51	$ 111,300
Wyoming	180	0.69	0.33	$ 52.71	$ 109,640
California	25,600	1.56	0.75	$ 51.99	$ 108,130

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	16,580	9.32	4.47	$ 47.27	$ 98,320
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	10,890	4.18	2.01	$ 50.76	$ 105,570
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	9,540	1.64	0.79	$ 51.74	$ 107,610
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	8,830	2.02	0.97	$ 43.92	$ 91,350
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	8,370	2.33	1.12	$ 47.11	$ 97,990
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	8,260	4.47	2.14	$ 46.69	$ 97,110
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	7,710	0.87	0.42	$ 48.94	$ 101,790
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	6,290	3.22	1.54	$ 55.35	$ 115,130
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	5,000	1.69	0.81	$ 59.38	$ 123,510
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	4,990	4.52	2.17	$ 59.48	$ 123,710

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	640	13.77	6.60	(8)	(8)
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	850	9.33	4.47	$ 36.36	$ 75,630
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	16,580	9.32	4.47	$ 47.27	$ 98,320
Sheboygan, WI	430	7.50	3.60	$ 36.03	$ 74,940
Peoria, IL	1,150	7.30	3.50	(8)	(8)
Racine, WI	500	7.00	3.36	$ 35.52	$ 73,870
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	850	6.77	3.25	$ 34.09	$ 70,910
Huntsville, AL	1,540	6.68	3.20	$ 49.52	$ 102,990
Decatur, AL	340	6.36	3.05	$ 48.09	$ 100,020
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	1,270	5.88	2.82	$ 42.33	$ 88,050