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Average Industrial Engineers Salary in Traverse City, MI

Industrial Engineers in Traverse City, MI earn a median annual salary of $84,100, which is -16.8% compared to the national median. There are 110 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Traverse City, MI (metro area).

$84,100
Traverse City, MI median annual wage
$40/hour median
-16.8%
Difference vs national median
National median is $101,140
110
Local employment
1.6 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.72
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$63,030
25th
$69,400
Median
$84,100
75th
$103,910
90th
$118,550

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Traverse City, MI, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
93.4%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$90,070
Goods: 93.7%
Services: 92.4%
Rents: 78.1%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

MetroMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Anchorage, AK$166,350Compare130
Charleston, WV$141,900Compare150
Vallejo, CA$140,500Compare230
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$139,130Compare770
Midland, TX$137,110Compare300
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$136,290Compare3,850

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Traverse City, MI

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Chief Executives$198,6600.75
Dentists, General$182,0001.49
Family Medicine Physicians$172,8401.16
Pharmacists$138,0301.02
Physician Assistants$136,7102.30
Computer And Information Systems Managers$134,7700.32
Optometrists$128,1302.22
Architectural And Engineering Managers$125,4300.76

Traverse City, MI has salary data for 280 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Chief Executives.

Historical series

Trend for Industrial Engineers in Traverse City, MI

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Industrial Engineers are projected to change by +11.0% from 2024 to 2034, with 25,200 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.