Occupational employment / Industrial engineers

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Industrial engineers" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 3,840 $42.20 $87,770
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 8,140 $38.82 $80,740
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 7,720 $39.47 $82,100
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 6,360 $35.95 $74,770
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 5,790 $39.24 $81,620
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 5,710 $40.03 $83,260
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 5,680 $38.11 $79,270
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 5,530 $40.46 $84,150
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 5,280 $38.33 $79,730
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 4,600 $35.95 $74,780
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 4,480 $38.78 $80,660
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 4,210 $38.24 $79,540
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 3,870 $39.53 $82,220
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 3,760 $38.60 $80,290
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 3,530 $47.01 $97,780
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 3,310 $43.11 $89,670
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 3,270 $37.73 $78,480
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 3,270 $41.20 $85,690
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 3,080 $38.42 $79,910
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 2,640 $38.58 $80,240
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 2,620 $38.72 $80,530
Austin-Round Rock, TX 2,600 $40.27 $83,760
Columbus, OH 2,570 $34.50 $71,760
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 2,390 $30.93 $64,330
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 2,360 $41.93 $87,210
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 2,350 $37.78 $78,580
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 2,330 $42.26 $87,900
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 2,220 $34.33 $71,400
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 2,140 $36.47 $75,860
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 2,110 $35.01 $72,820
Rochester, NY 2,020 $33.98 $70,690
St. Louis, MO-IL 2,000 $36.08 $75,040
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 1,970 $35.74 $74,340
Pittsburgh, PA 1,950 $35.84 $74,550
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 1,920 $37.15 $77,260
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 1,840 $37.46 $77,910
Denver-Aurora, CO 1,700 $39.26 $81,650
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 1,640 $30.93 $64,340
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 1,510 $32.76 $68,140
Wichita, KS 1,460 $34.77 $72,310
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1,450 $34.86 $72,500
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 1,430 $42.09 $87,540
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 1,390 $31.65 $65,820
Baltimore-Towson, MD 1,330 $41.44 $86,200
Greenville, SC 1,330 $35.13 $73,060
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 1,270 $35.51 $73,850
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 1,170 $37.19 $77,360
Salt Lake City, UT 1,160 $37.09 $77,160
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 1,120 $37.76 $78,540
Dayton, OH 1,120 $36.86 $76,670
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 1,090 $33.77 $70,240
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 1,040 $41.77 $86,890
Kansas City, MO-KS 1,020 $34.80 $72,390
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1,010 $35.38 $73,590
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 1,000 $38.66 $80,410
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 980 $33.56 $69,800
Tucson, AZ 980 $37.94 $78,920
Akron, OH 950 $37.19 $77,360
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 920 $33.50 $69,680
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 900 $42.54 $88,480
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 890 $34.06 $70,840
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 890 $39.67 $82,500
Boise City-Nampa, ID 880 $37.43 $77,860
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 880 $36.95 $76,850
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 870 $27.28 $56,740
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 850 $31.24 $64,990
Huntsville, AL 830 $38.77 $80,640
Columbia, SC 790 $35.36 $73,550
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 770 $36.79 $76,510
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 760 $31.75 $66,040
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 750 $29.16 $60,660
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 740 $32.40 $67,400
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 730 $39.51 $82,180
Albuquerque, NM 720 $46.18 $96,050
Raleigh-Cary, NC 710 $35.00 $72,800
Knoxville, TN 700 $36.67 $76,270
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 690 $35.26 $73,350
New Haven, CT 680 $35.40 $73,630
Jacksonville, FL 670 $31.67 $65,880
Tulsa, OK 660 $33.04 $68,720
Ann Arbor, MI 660 $37.46 $77,920
Durham, NC 660 $39.59 $82,350
Syracuse, NY 640 $32.46 $67,520
Greensboro-High Point, NC 630 $34.89 $72,570
Toledo, OH 630 $33.98 $70,680
Lexington-Fayette, KY 610 $34.22 $71,170
Richmond, VA 610 $39.38 $81,900
Baton Rouge, LA 610 $31.77 $66,080
Binghamton, NY 600 $38.78 $80,660
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 600 $40.29 $83,810
Boulder, CO 580 $42.29 $87,950
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 580 $36.95 $76,850
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 570 $41.31 $85,930
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 560 $29.46 $61,270
York-Hanover, PA 550 $35.06 $72,920
Spartanburg, SC 550 $34.03 $70,780
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 530 $41.20 $85,700
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 530 $36.49 $75,910
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 520 $39.41 $81,970
Springfield, MA-CT 510 $32.11 $66,790
Worcester, MA-CT 510 $35.34 $73,500
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 510 $39.15 $81,430
Winston-Salem, NC 490 $33.70 $70,100
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 490 $37.04 $77,040
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 470 $32.96 $68,550
Decatur, IL 470 $31.35 $65,220
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 450 $36.44 $75,800
San Antonio, TX 450 $34.09 $70,910
Erie, PA 440 $28.21 $58,680
Lakeland, FL 430 $29.93 $62,260
Madison, WI 430 $33.64 $69,980
Fort Wayne, IN 430 $30.99 $64,450
Flint, MI 420 $39.93 $83,060
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 400 $33.96 $70,630
Lancaster, PA 400 $33.20 $69,050
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 390 $37.24 $77,460
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 390 $37.14 $77,240
Green Bay, WI 380 $37.05 $77,060
Cedar Rapids, IA 380 $34.07 $70,860
Anderson, SC 380 $35.65 $74,150
Colorado Springs, CO 380 $35.94 $74,760
Canton-Massillon, OH 370 $34.24 $71,210
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 370 $37.79 $78,600
Evansville, IN-KY 360 $30.61 $63,680
Oklahoma City, OK 360 $32.41 $67,400
Battle Creek, MI 360 $34.24 $71,220
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 360 $29.34 $61,030
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 350 $39.85 $82,880
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 350 $42.32 $88,030
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 340 $34.12 $70,980
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 330 $32.75 $68,120
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 330 $29.25 $60,840
Asheville, NC 330 $36.28 $75,470
Lincoln, NE 330 $32.72 $68,060
Rockford, IL 320 $32.92 $68,470
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 320 $28.45 $59,170
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 320 $35.26 $73,340
Reading, PA 320 $41.77 $86,890
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 310 $32.96 $68,560
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 310 $27.81 $57,840
Jackson, MS 300 $33.79 $70,290
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 290 $33.48 $69,640
Racine, WI 280 $35.85 $74,570
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 280 $30.70 $63,860
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 280 $35.95 $74,770
Rochester, MN 270 Not available Not available
Florence, SC 270 $37.56 $78,120
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 260 $42.35 $88,100
Chattanooga, TN-GA 260 $33.96 $70,640
Columbus, IN 260 $32.49 $67,580
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 260 $29.61 $61,590
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 250 $33.43 $69,540
Savannah, GA 250 $40.96 $85,200
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 250 $31.92 $66,400
Joplin, MO 240 $29.58 $61,520
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 230 $29.44 $61,230
Bakersfield, CA 230 $47.89 $99,600
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 230 $35.48 $73,800
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 220 $26.57 $55,270
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 220 $42.69 $88,800
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 220 $32.15 $66,860
Lynchburg, VA 210 $36.58 $76,080
Utica-Rome, NY 210 $28.03 $58,310
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 200 $30.42 $63,280
Mansfield, OH 200 $28.87 $60,040
Greeley, CO 200 $35.56 $73,970
Provo-Orem, UT 200 $35.77 $74,410
Lafayette, IN 200 $33.20 $69,050
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 200 $32.47 $67,540
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 200 $41.88 $87,100
Appleton, WI 190 $32.83 $68,280
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 190 $30.76 $63,980
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 190 $36.65 $76,230
Fargo, ND-MN 180 $33.34 $69,340
Janesville, WI 180 $31.62 $65,770
Wausau, WI 180 $32.83 $68,280
Eau Claire, WI 170 $32.29 $67,160
Corpus Christi, TX 170 $36.43 $75,770
Clarksville, TN-KY 170 $33.25 $69,170
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 170 $37.58 $78,160
Wilmington, NC 170 $36.67 $76,270
Bloomington-Normal, IL 170 $35.24 $73,300
Columbus, GA-AL 170 $35.23 $73,270
Lima, OH 170 $34.68 $72,140
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 160 $32.87 $68,370
Monroe, MI 160 $38.45 $79,980
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 160 $37.97 $78,990
Mobile, AL 160 $36.47 $75,850
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 150 $37.00 $76,970
Bloomington, IN 150 $32.34 $67,260
Tuscaloosa, AL 150 $35.13 $73,070
Fort Smith, AR-OK 150 $35.29 $73,400
Ponce, PR 150 $26.96 $56,080
Longview, TX 150 $38.83 $80,760
Decatur, AL 150 $39.46 $82,070
El Paso, TX 140 $29.84 $62,060
Roanoke, VA 140 $28.08 $58,410
Spokane, WA 140 $32.81 $68,250
Ocala, FL 140 $32.65 $67,920
Manchester, NH 140 $36.19 $75,270
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 140 $28.76 $59,820
Montgomery, AL 140 $32.83 $68,290
Victoria, TX 140 $42.78 $88,980
Waco, TX 140 $45.66 $94,970
Bowling Green, KY 130 $32.94 $68,500
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 130 $35.28 $73,370
Greenville, NC 130 $33.60 $69,880
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 130 $29.28 $60,900
Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian, PR 130 $27.78 $57,790
Portsmouth, NH-ME 130 $34.64 $72,060
Auburn-Opelika, AL 120 $34.38 $71,510
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 120 $36.78 $76,500
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 120 $34.69 $72,150
Johnson City, TN 120 $29.75 $61,870
San German-Cabo Rojo, PR 120 $35.58 $74,010
Jackson, MI 110 $31.04 $64,560
State College, PA 110 $33.30 $69,260
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division 110 $39.41 $81,970
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 110 $33.97 $70,650
Tallahassee, FL 110 $33.63 $69,940
Rocky Mount, NC 110 $32.34 $67,280
New Bedford, MA 100 $37.78 $78,580
Springfield, MO 100 $28.89 $60,090
Stockton, CA 100 $34.58 $71,920
Muncie, IN 100 $37.06 $77,090
Glens Falls, NY 100 $32.90 $68,430
Danbury, CT 100 $37.14 $77,250
Gainesville, FL 100 $30.88 $64,240
Anderson, IN 100 $35.95 $74,770
St. Cloud, MN 100 $33.29 $69,250
Alexandria, LA 90 $32.51 $67,610
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 90 $35.63 $74,120
Elizabethtown, KY 90 $27.63 $57,470
Anniston-Oxford, AL 90 $30.80 $64,060
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA 90 $39.65 $82,470
Elmira, NY 90 $33.57 $69,810
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 90 $35.57 $73,980
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 80 $23.23 $48,310
Anchorage, AK 80 $45.49 $94,610
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 80 $29.31 $60,960
Gainesville, GA 80 $34.09 $70,900
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 80 $33.71 $70,120
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME 80 $31.87 $66,290
Iowa City, IA 80 $28.60 $59,490
Terre Haute, IN 80 $33.62 $69,930
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 80 $26.74 $55,620
Champaign-Urbana, IL 80 $35.61 $74,070
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 80 $40.41 $84,040
Winchester, VA-WV 80 $35.21 $73,240
Lafayette, LA 80 $44.80 $93,180
Sioux Falls, SD 80 $30.19 $62,800
Morristown, TN 80 $27.12 $56,410
Midland, TX 80 $41.41 $86,120
Pueblo, CO 80 $35.83 $74,520
Altoona, PA 70 $33.38 $69,430
Williamsport, PA 70 $33.86 $70,430
Jackson, TN 70 $31.34 $65,200
St. Joseph, MO-KS 70 $30.16 $62,720
Burlington, NC 70 $29.48 $61,320
Dover, DE 70 $34.40 $71,550
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 60 $34.35 $71,450
Charleston, WV 60 $33.83 $70,360
Sumter, SC 60 $30.62 $63,680
Sherman-Denison, TX 60 $37.43 $77,850
Bellingham, WA 60 $39.66 $82,500
Duluth, MN-WI 60 Not available Not available
Odessa, TX 60 $33.65 $69,990
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 60 $34.38 $71,500
Lake Charles, LA 60 $44.16 $91,860
Ames, IA 60 $33.13 $68,900
Logan, UT-ID 60 $30.36 $63,150
Billings, MT 60 $38.13 $79,310
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 60 $32.98 $68,590
Warner Robins, GA 60 $36.84 $76,630
Fajardo, PR 60 $34.88 $72,540
Fresno, CA 60 $34.56 $71,880
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division 60 $40.47 $84,170
Macon, GA 60 $36.78 $76,490
Lebanon, PA 60 Not available Not available
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 60 $37.25 $77,480
Dalton, GA 60 $34.04 $70,790
Fayetteville, NC 60 $37.78 $78,580
Jefferson City, MO 60 $28.27 $58,800
Waterbury, CT 60 $34.65 $72,070
Gadsden, AL 50 $34.54 $71,840
Barnstable Town, MA 50 $39.58 $82,330
Owensboro, KY 50 $30.10 $62,610
Topeka, KS 50 $33.03 $68,710
Eugene-Springfield, OR 50 $35.27 $73,370
Springfield, OH 50 $30.42 $63,280
Ithaca, NY 50 $36.34 $75,600
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 50 $37.11 $77,180
Honolulu, HI 50 $38.73 $80,550
Dubuque, IA 50 $29.34 $61,030
Idaho Falls, ID 50 $42.26 $87,900
Wichita Falls, TX 50 $41.35 $86,010
Tyler, TX 50 $33.11 $68,860
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 50 $38.50 $80,080
Wheeling, WV-OH 50 $33.48 $69,640
Jonesboro, AR 40 $28.08 $58,410
Valdosta, GA 40 $32.44 $67,470
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 40 $38.22 $79,490
Reno-Sparks, NV 40 $28.54 $59,360
Athens-Clarke County, GA 40 $36.33 $75,570
Albany, GA 40 $35.30 $73,430
Bend, OR 40 $37.28 $77,530
Salem, OR 40 $33.78 $70,250
Bay City, MI 40 Not available Not available
Modesto, CA 40 $32.00 $66,550
Danville, VA 40 $30.07 $62,550
Harrisonburg, VA 40 $28.48 $59,230
Springfield, IL 40 $33.35 $69,370
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 40 $38.18 $79,420
Bangor, ME 40 $36.40 $75,710
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 40 $35.63 $74,100
Lubbock, TX 30 $34.42 $71,600
Grand Forks, ND-MN 30 $28.31 $58,880
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 30 Not available Not available
Pittsfield, MA 30 $38.84 $80,780
Pine Bluff, AR 30 $35.34 $73,510
Olympia, WA 30 $29.69 $61,750
Rome, GA 30 $26.36 $54,830
Danville, IL 30 $27.82 $57,860
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Not available $40.47 $84,190
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division Not available $38.25 $79,560
Fond du Lac, WI Not available $31.76 $66,070
Peoria, IL Not available $26.13 $54,350
Cleveland, TN Not available $32.62 $67,850
La Crosse, WI-MN Not available $29.99 $62,380
Peabody, MA NECTA Division Not available $31.77 $66,070
Sandusky, OH Not available $40.70 $84,650
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Not available $29.64 $61,650
Kingston, NY Not available $28.99 $60,310
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Not available $38.90 $80,900
Sheboygan, WI Not available $30.61 $63,680
Johnstown, PA Not available $23.67 $49,230
Pascagoula, MS Not available $43.89 $91,300
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