Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
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Industrial Engineering Technologists
Industrial Engineering Technologists assist industrial engineers in such activities as quality control, inventory control, or material flow methods. May conduct statistical studies or analyze production costs.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Industrial Engineering Technologists with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $36,550 to $45,040 per year or $18 to $22 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Industrial Engineering Technologists to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
| Level | Hourly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| Highest (Top 10%) | $42 | $86,900 |
| Senior (Top 25%) | $35 | $71,990 |
| Middle (Mid 50%) | $28 | $57,320 |
| Junior (Bottom 25%) | $22 | $45,040 |
| No experience (Bottom 10%) | $18 | $36,550 |
Highest paying states
| State | Hourly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| NM | $39 | $82,140 |
| MD | $37 | $75,970 |
| LA | $37 | $75,910 |
| WA | $35 | $71,920 |
| OK | $33 | $67,990 |
| CA | $32 | $66,750 |
| MT | $32 | $66,360 |
| ID | $32 | $66,160 |
| TX | $31 | $65,030 |
| GA | $31 | $64,010 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as an Industrial Engineering Technologist is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like NM doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at NM might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Industrial Technologists are in the states of NM, MD, LA, WA and OK.
Highest paying industries
| Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| Natural Gas Distribution | $85980 | $41.34 |
| Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil | $74530 | $35.83 |
| Federal Executive Branch | $74400 | $35.77 |
| Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution | $72040 | $34.64 |
| Beverage Manufacturing | $71400 | $34.33 |
| Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers | $70980 | $34.12 |
| Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing | $70190 | $33.74 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | $69120 | $33.23 |
| Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas | $69000 | $33.18 |
| Oil and Gas Extraction | $68730 | $33.04 |
| Metal Ore Mining | $67790 | $32.59 |
| Support Activities for Mining | $66600 | $32.02 |
| Local Government | $66360 | $31.91 |
| Computer Systems Design and Related Services | $66240 | $31.85 |
| Motor Vehicle Manufacturing | $66130 | $31.80 |
| Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing | $66070 | $31.77 |
| Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers | $64820 | $31.17 |
| Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing | $64810 | $31.16 |
| Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing | $64480 | $31.00 |
| Scientific Research and Development Services | $63510 | $30.53 |
| Nonresidential Building Construction | $62930 | $30.26 |
| Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying | $62890 | $30.24 |
| Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods | $62380 | $29.99 |
| Chemical Manufacturing | $62250 | $29.93 |
| Support Activities for Air Transportation | $61960 | $29.79 |
| Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services | $61940 | $29.78 |
| Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing | $61810 | $29.72 |
| Dairy Product Manufacturing | $61790 | $29.71 |
| Converted Paper Product Manufacturing | $61520 | $29.58 |
| Animal Slaughtering and Processing | $61260 | $29.45 |
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