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
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
Central Minnesota 85037$42.32/hr$1.13/hr$29.23/hr$34.45/hr$41.22/hr$49.30/hr$59.17/hr
Minnesota 9,950348$45.22/hr$0.99/hr$30.08/hr$35.43/hr$43.46/hr$53.99/hr$63.94/hr
U S 291,7104,084$45.01/hr$0.14/hr$27.83/hr$34.26/hr$42.76/hr$53.51/hr$65.13/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Leading Industries for Industrial Engineers
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Manufacturing580$39.16/hr
Trade, Transportation and Utilities70$46.26/hr
Other Regional Data For Industrial Engineers
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 7,250 $45.41/hr 16.4%
Central Minnesota 850 $41.22/hr 20.8%
Southeast Minnesota 840 $39.41/hr 15.1%
Northwest Minnesota 580 $37.54/hr 17.6%
Southwest Minnesota 400 $37.41/hr 16.9%
Northeast Minnesota 160 $39.73/hr 12.5%
Related Occupations
Occupation
(click title for details)
OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
Industrial Engineering Technicians290$24.57/hr13.1%
Mechanical Engineering Technicians70$26.63/hr6.6%
Materials Engineers30$44.28/hrN/A
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety EngineersN/AN/AN/A
Petroleum EngineersN/AN/AN/A
Aerospace EngineersN/AN/AN/A
Tasks for Industrial Engineers