Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $57K, rent takes 27.6% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,056/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new industrial engineering technologists and technicians typically earn — is $34K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,020/month. At HUD’s $1,056/month FMR, rent would take 52% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Local pay runs 13% below the national median — $57K here vs. $66K nationally. Cost of living is 9% below the national average, which narrows that gap in real purchasing power.

Elizabethtown pays $57K median vs. the U.S. average of $66K — that’s -13%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 90.6), the purchasing-power equivalent is $63K — below the national median.

The median is $57,460 a year, that works out to about $28 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $33,660, and experienced industrial engineering technologists and technicians can clear $75,270. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $3,826/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,056/month, which eats 27.6% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Elizabethtown has a Regional Price Parity of 100 (100 is the national average). That's right at the national average. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median industrial engineering technologists and technicians salary is worth about $63,422 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.