Industrial engineers, including health & safety

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2021 Workforce
251k
Average Age
42.4
Average Salary
$93,004
Average Male Salary
$94,998
Average Female Salary
$85,955

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Industrial engineers, including health & safety are most often employed by the Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing industry. The average yearly wage for Industrial engineers, including health & safety was $93,004 in 2021.

The locations that employ the most Industrial engineers, including health & safety are Troy & Rochester Area PUMA, MI, Waukesha County (East) PUMA, WI, and Fort Bend County (West & South) PUMA, TX. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Industrial engineers, including health & safety are Waukesha County (East) PUMA, WI, Troy & Rochester Area PUMA, MI, and Wright County PUMA, MN.

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Employment and salary information for the Industrial engineers, including health & safety workforce. Industrial engineers, including health & safety workforce in 2021 was 251,057 people, of which 22% were women and 78% were men. Industrial engineers, including health & safety are paid most in Essex County (Northwest) PUMA, NJ but are relatively concentrated in Waukesha County (East) PUMA, WI.

Employment Over Time

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195,708
Male Workforce
± 10.9k
55,349
Female Workforce
± 5.77k

The Industrial engineers, including health & safety workforce in 2021 was 251,057 people (22% women and 78% men). This implies an average annual growth of 42.6% between 2014 (176,023) and 2021 (251,057).

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Employment by Location

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Industrial engineers, including health & safety.

During 2021, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were California ($112,154), Nevada ($109,033), and New Jersey ($104,755).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$93,004
AVERAGE WAGE
#73 in the ranking (2021)
$59,596
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2021, Industrial engineers, including health & safety earned an average of $93,004, $33,409 more than the average national salary of $59,596

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.26
WAGE GINI

In 2021, Industrial engineers, including health & safety had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.26, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Industrial engineers, including health & safety (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Information on the industries that employ Industrial engineers, including health & safety and on wages for those in the field. Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing is the industry that employs the most Industrial engineers, including health & safety, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Industrial engineers, including health & safety, by average wage, is Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals ($233,134).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
251k
2021 Workforce
± 12,291
6.11%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 6.62%

This graphic shows the share of Industrial engineers, including health & safety employed by various industries. Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing employs the largest share of Industrial engineers, including health & safety at 36.2%, followed by Aircraft & parts manufacturing with 33.6% and Medical equipment & supplies manufacturing with 30.2%.

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Demographic information on Industrial engineers, including health & safety in the US. The workforce of Industrial engineers, including health & safety in 2021 was 251,057 people, with 22% woman, and 78% men. The average age of male Industrial engineers, including health & safety in the workforce is 43 and of female Industrial engineers, including health & safety is 40, and the most common race/ethnicity for Industrial engineers, including health & safety is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Industrial engineers, including health & safety in 2021 was 251,057 people, with 22% woman, and 78% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 25 to 29 years (39,351 people), 30 to 34 years (32,255  people), and 35 to 39 years (27,843 people). Among them they concentrated 39.7% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

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In 2021, 9.81% of Industrial engineers, including health & safety workers were Hispanic and 90.2% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (77.6%), Puerto Rican (15.9)%, and Cuban (6.48)%

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Races

In 2021, 75.2% of the Industrial engineers, including health & safety workforce were White, of which 19.3% were women and 80.7% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Asian (12.2%) and Two or More Races (4.84%).

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Data on higher education choices for Industrial engineers, including health & safety from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Industrial engineers, including health & safety is Engineering but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2021 were Engineering Technologies.

Majors

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Degree

The most common majors achieved by Industrial engineers, including health & safety in 2021 (counting all academic degrees) were Engineering (107,794 people), Business (18,853 people), and Engineering Technologies (10,377 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Industrial engineers, including health & safety workers were Bachelors Degree (134,933 people), Graduate Degree (52,023 people), and Some college (27,330 people).

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