Average Industrial Engineers Salary in Winston-Salem, NC

Industrial Engineers in Winston-Salem, NC earn a median annual salary of $93,030, which is -8.0% compared to the national median. There are 720 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Winston-Salem, NC (metro area).

$93,030

Winston-Salem, NC median annual wage

$45/hour median

-8.0%

Difference vs national median

National median is $101,140

720

Local employment

2.6 jobs per 1,000 workers

1.16

Location quotient

Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th: $65,130
25th: $77,400
Median: $93,030
75th: $105,290
90th: $130,650

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 Winston-Salem, NC, 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

92.0%

Exact metro RPP match

Median wage adjusted to the national price level

$101,072

Goods: 96.6%
Services: 88.4%
Rents: 71.4%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro	Median annual wage	Compare	Employment
Anchorage, AK	$166,350	Compare	130
Charleston, WV	$141,900	Compare	150
Vallejo, CA	$140,500	Compare	230
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$139,130	Compare	770
Midland, TX	$137,110	Compare	300
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$136,290	Compare	3,850

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 Winston-Salem, NC

Occupation	Median annual wage	LQ
Nurse Anesthetists	$236,370	3.18
Optometrists	$162,090	1.26
Pediatricians, General	$162,020	0.60
Computer Hardware Engineers	$159,310	N/A
Architectural And Engineering Managers	$152,630	0.51
Computer And Information Systems Managers	$141,940	0.60
Financial Managers	$140,870	0.71
Marketing Managers	$137,950	0.90

Winston-Salem, NC has salary data for 477 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Nurse Anesthetists.

Historical series

Trend for Industrial Engineers in Winston-Salem, NC

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.