Industrial Engineer salary in Kalamazoo, MI

Based on 19 certified H-1B filings in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Portage, Galesburg.

Also listed as: Manufacturing Engineer

Median salary$89,723
Middle 50%$81.8k–$98.2k
vs. national median−17%comparison median $108,706
Filings19FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $67,350 and $127,512.
PercentileSalary
10th$71,070
25th$81,765
50th (median)$89,723
75th$98,150
90th$107,600

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $80k $90k FY2022: median $83,200 (20 filings) FY2023: median $84,000 (19 filings) FY2025: median $83,200 (15 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 9 filings FY20 FY2021: 6 filings FY21 FY2022: 20 filings FY22 FY2023: 19 filings FY23 FY2024: 9 filings FY24 FY2025: 15 filings FY25 FY2026: 4 filings FY26 20
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–––9
FY2021–––6
FY2022$83,200$72,800$87,59120
FY2023$84,000$72,124$95,13919
FY2024–––9
FY2025$83,200$81,682$94,80015
FY2026–––4

Cost of living

Kalamazoo's median Industrial Engineer salary of $89,723 is worth about $94,600 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Kalamazoo = 94.8).

Compared with all workers here

All Industrial Engineers in the Kalamazoo, MI area earned a median of $97,250 in May 2025 (1,240 employed). The H-1B median here is $89,723, 8% 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
Strykertoo few4
ONEUS Technologiestoo few3
Landscape Formstoo few2
Mann Hummeltoo few2
The Veritas Healthcare Solutionstoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 3
Mid-level · Level II $83,760 11
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV too few 2

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Mid-level · Level II$81,765$83,76011

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.