Occupational Employment Statistics

DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

17-2112 Industrial Engineers

Occupational Description:
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).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
First Quarter 2026

Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Southwest Minnesota	760	57	$47.88/hr	$33.46/hr	$38.44/hr	$47.61/hr	$56.21/hr	$64.39/hr

Leading Industries for Industrial Engineers

Industry	OES Employment (Statewide)	OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Natural Resources and Mining	20	$49.49/hr
Construction	130	$45.31/hr
Manufacturing	10,580	$50.75/hr
Trade, Transportation and Utilities	1,350	$50.44/hr
Information	30	$40.68/hr
Financial Activities	N/A	N/A
Professional and Business Services	5,460	$50.96/hr
Education and Health Services	N/A	N/A
Other Services	N/A	N/A
Public Administration	N/A	N/A

Other Regional Data for Industrial Engineers

Geography	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2022-2032
Northeast Balance of State	90	$48.93/hr	N/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA	110	$51.00/hr	N/A
St Cloud MN MSA	240	$43.66/hr	N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA	260	$42.75/hr	N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA	280	$48.80/hr	N/A
Rochester MN MSA	290	$48.04/hr	N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA	350	$47.50/hr	N/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA	480	$47.52/hr	N/A
Southwest Balance of State	490	$49.14/hr	N/A
Northeast Minnesota	520	$47.64/hr	12.5%
Northwest Balance of State	540	$42.88/hr	N/A
Northwest Minnesota	620	$45.31/hr	17.6%
Southwest Minnesota	760	$47.61/hr	16.9%
Southeast Balance of State	950	$48.53/hr	N/A
Central Minnesota	1,000	$49.20/hr	20.8%
Southeast Minnesota	1,090	$48.53/hr	15.1%
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	13,230	$52.24/hr	16.4%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA	13,970	$51.76/hr	N/A
Minnesota	17,580	$50.73/hr	16.6%

Related Occupations

Occupations	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2022-2032
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,580	$84.14/hr	7.5%
Engineers, All Other	1,290	$53.79/hr	7.2%
Logisticians	3,450	$40.24/hr	19.6%
Electrical and Electronics Drafters	250	$38.22/hr	2.7%
Computer Occupations, All Other	4,180	$45.34/hr	7.9%
Industrial Production Managers	5,080	$60.42/hr	5.4%
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	220	$59.34/hr	5.3%

Task for Industrial Engineers

Perform functional, task, or anthropometric analysis, using tools, such as checklists, surveys, videotaping, or force measurement.
Inspect work sites to identify physical hazards.
Investigate or resolve operational problems, such as material use variances or bottlenecks.
Communicate manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, or other information to facilitate production processes.
Advocate for end users in collaboration with other professionals, including engineers, designers, managers, or customers.
Collect data through direct observation of work activities or witnessing the conduct of tests.
Supervise technicians, technologists, analysts, administrative staff, or other engineers.
Draw samples of raw materials, intermediate products, or finished products for validation testing.
Design or evaluate human work systems, using human factors engineering and ergonomic principles to optimize usability, cost, quality, safety, or performance.
Conduct interviews or surveys of users or customers to collect information on topics, such as requirements, needs, fatigue, ergonomics, or interfaces.