How much do Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians make in Wilmington, NC?

Percentile spread

For Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $64,650 and the 90th percentile is $90,500. The difference is $25,850, which is 32.8% 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 $67,780 to the 75th at $84,700, covers $16,920.

The mean annual wage is $76,880, which sits below the median of $78,740. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Wilmington, NC median is 19.1% higher than the national median of $66,120 for Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $81,662, which is 23.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 12.9% higher than the North Carolina median of $69,720.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Wilmington, NC is 96.422, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $78,740 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians at $81,662 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

10 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians. Wilmington, NC ranks 2nd of 11 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).).

• Florence, SC is 101 miles away, with a median of $61,260 and employment of 70. That median is 22.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $70,597, against $81,662 here.
• Raleigh-Cary, NC is 107 miles away, with a median of $81,560 and employment of 260. That median is 3.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $83,091, against $81,662 here.
• Rocky Mount, NC is 117 miles away, with a median of $75,400 and employment of 70. That median is 4.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $85,670, against $81,662 here.

Employment share

Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Wilmington, NC (120 of 191,280). Nationally the occupation is 0.05% of employment (75,570 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.29 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.