How much do Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians make in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD?

Percentile spread

For Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $62,500 and the 90th percentile is $103,130. The difference is $40,630, which is 50.6% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $62,500 to the 75th at $99,330, covers $36,830.

The mean annual wage is $80,820, which sits above the median of $80,310. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD median is 21.5% higher than the national median of $66,120 for Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $76,861, which is 16.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.5% higher than the Maryland median of $79,090.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is 104.487, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $80,310 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians at $76,861 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

17 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD ranks 1st of 18 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• York-Hanover, PA is 44 miles away, with a median of $69,270 and employment of 60. That median is 13.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $72,156, against $76,861 here.
• Lancaster, PA is 53 miles away, with a median of $63,840 and employment of 90. That median is 20.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,972, against $76,861 here.
• Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV is 60 miles away, with a median of $72,440 and employment of 320. That median is 9.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,530, against $76,861 here.

Employment share

Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD (230 of 1,356,680). Nationally the occupation is 0.05% of employment (75,570 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.35 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.