Industrial Engineer salary in Birmingham, AL

Based on 15 certified H-1B filings in the Birmingham, AL metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Jasper, Hoover, Mccalla, Pell City, Woodstock.

Also listed as: Manufacturing Engineer

Median salary$93,600
Middle 50%$87.8k–$113.4k
vs. national median−14%comparison median $108,706
Filings15FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $70,803 and $147,900.
PercentileSalary
10th$77,426
25th$87,838
50th (median)$93,600
75th$113,396
90th$127,778

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $85k $100k FY2022: median $84,344 (13 filings) FY2023: median $92,250 (11 filings) FY2025: median $94,059 (10 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 8 filings FY20 FY2021: 6 filings FY21 FY2022: 13 filings FY22 FY2023: 11 filings FY23 FY2024: 8 filings FY24 FY2025: 10 filings FY25 FY2026: 5 filings FY26 13
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––8
FY2021–––6
FY2022$84,344$70,000$105,00013
FY2023$92,250$80,000$101,06211
FY2024–––8
FY2025$94,059$88,379$114,45810
FY2026–––5

Cost of living

Birmingham's median Industrial Engineer salary of $93,600 is worth about $102,100 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Birmingham = 91.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Industrial Engineers in the Birmingham, AL area earned a median of $100,480 in May 2025 (940 employed). The H-1B median here is $93,600, 7% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Evoniktoo few3
Kamtektoo few3

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II too few 2
Senior · Level III too few 2
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.