How much do Industrial Engineers make in Rocky Mount, NC?

Percentile spread

For Industrial Engineers, the published 10th percentile is $74,580 and the 90th percentile is $124,880. The difference is $50,300, which is 54.2% 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 $82,240 to the 75th at $117,320, covers $35,080.

The mean annual wage is $99,330, which sits above the median of $92,840. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Rocky Mount, NC median is 9.4% lower than the national median of $102,440 for Industrial Engineers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $105,486, which is 3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 6.5% lower than the North Carolina median of $99,310.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Rocky Mount, NC is 88.012, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $92,840 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Industrial Engineers at $105,486 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

22 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Industrial Engineers. Rocky Mount, NC ranks 21st of 23 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).).

• Greenville, NC is 34 miles away, with a median of $98,880 and employment of 280. That median is 6.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $111,853, against $105,486 here.
• Raleigh-Cary, NC is 39 miles away, with a median of $104,030 and employment of 1,710. That median is 12.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $105,983, against $105,486 here.
• Goldsboro, NC is 42 miles away, with a median of $97,220 and employment of 50. That median is 4.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $109,900, against $105,486 here.

Employment share

Industrial Engineers accounts for 0.70% of wage-and-salary employment in Rocky Mount, NC (380 of 54,630). Nationally the occupation is 0.24% of employment (365,740 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.96 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.