Industrial Engineers (17-2112)

Occupation description:  Design, develop, test, and evaluate integrated systems for managing industrial production processes, including human work factors, quality control, inventory control, logistics and material flow, cost analysis, and production coordination. Excludes Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors (17-2111).

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Employment and Job Openings   (click here for the 10-year forecast)

Job outlook

• Alaska: The job outlook for Alaska is not available.

2019 Wages

* indicates the estimate is not available, or the hourly wage is greater than $100, or the annual wage is greater than $208,000.

Labor Force Indicators

2016 Worker Characteristics
Total workers	Nonresident workers	Percent nonresident	Percent age 45 plus	Percent age 50 plus
33	11	33.3	80.0	56.0

2016 Potential Supply
Qualified but working in another occupation	9
Currently employed in a lower paid occupation	4
UI claimants previously working in occupation	2

2016 ALEXsys Employment Data
Number of registrants	15
Number of job position postings	0
Ratio of registrants to job position postings	0.0

Typical Entry-level Education, Experience, and/or On-the-job Training

Training Resources