Industrial engineers, including health & safety

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2020 Workforce

237k

Average Age

42.4

Average Salary

$88,895

Average Male Salary

$90,608

Average Female Salary

$82,610

About

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 $88,895 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Industrial engineers, including health & safety by wage are Medical & health services managers, Construction managers, and Environmental engineers.

Industrial engineers, including health & safety are part of the Architecture & engineering occupations, along with Architects, except landscape and naval, Landscape architects, Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists, Aerospace engineers, Chemical engineers, and 16 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Industrial engineers, including health & safety are Troy & Rochester Area PUMA, MI, Milpitas & San Jose (Northeast) Cities PUMA, CA, and Fort Bend County (West & South) PUMA, TX. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Industrial engineers, including health & safety are Brooklyn Park, Maple Grove (East) & Osseo Cities PUMA, MN, Milpitas & San Jose (Northeast) Cities PUMA, CA, and Troy & Rochester Area PUMA, MI.

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Industrial engineers, including health & safety and on wages and locations 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 Investigation & security services. Industrial engineers, including health & safety are paid most in Inner Mission & Castro PUMA, CA but are relatively concentrated in Brooklyn Park, Maple Grove (East) & Osseo Cities PUMA, MN.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$88,895

AVERAGE SALARY

± $2,506

In 2020, Industrial engineers, including health & safety earned an average of $88,895, $32,941 more than than the average national salary of $55,954.

Medical & health services managers make somewhat more than Industrial engineers, including health & safety while Environmental engineers make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Industrial engineers, including health & safety as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.253

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Industrial engineers, including health & safety had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.253, which is lower than 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).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Industrial engineers, including health & safety.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Industrial engineers, including health & safety

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Industrial engineers, including health & safety.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Industrial engineers, including health & safety, by number of employees, are Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing, Aircraft & parts manufacturing, Medical equipment & supplies manufacturing, Architectural, engineering & related services, Electronic component & product manufacturing, n.e.c. , Computer Systems Design, Not specified manufacturing industries, Machinery manufacturing, n.e.c. or not specified, Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing , Plastics product manufacturing, and Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Industrial engineers, including health & safety, by average wage, are Investigation & security services, Nondepository credit & related activities, and Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals.

Industries by Share

237k

2020 Workforce

± 11,933

6.62%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 6.8%

The number of people employed as Industrial engineers, including health & safety has been growing at a rate of 6.62%, from 221,917 people in 2019 to 236,598 people in 2020.

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 9.02%, followed by Aircraft & parts manufacturing with 7.81% and Medical equipment & supplies manufacturing with 7.49%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Industrial engineers, including health & safety in the US. The average age of male Industrial engineers, including health & safety in the workforce is 43 and of female Industrial engineers, including health & safety is 40.2, and the most common race/ethnicity for Industrial engineers, including health & safety is White (Non-Hispanic).

Composition by Sex

186k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 10,580

50.7k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 5,525

78.6% of Industrial engineers, including health & safety are Male, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex breakdown of Industrial engineers, including health & safety.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Industrial engineers, including health & safety

White (Non-Hispanic)
Asian (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)

72% of Industrial engineers, including health & safety are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 11.9% of Industrial engineers, including health & safety, Asian (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Industrial engineers, including health & safety.

Age by Sex

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.775

40.2

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 1.35

The median age of Industrial engineers, including health & safety is 42.4, and Male employees are generally 2.74 years older than than their Female counterparts.

Education

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 a relatively high number of Industrial engineers, including health & safety hold a major in Engineering Technologies.