Industrial Engineer salary in Spartanburg, SC

Based on 33 certified H-1B filings in the Spartanburg, SC metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Duncan, Moore, Wellford, Boiling Springs.

Also listed as: Manufacturing Engineer

Median salary$90,000
Middle 50%$80.1k–$96.4k
vs. national median−17%comparison median $108,706
Filings33FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $76,393 and $131,046.
PercentileSalary
10th$78,000
25th$80,080
50th (median)$90,000
75th$96,410
90th$102,586

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $85k $100k FY2023: median $86,500 (12 filings) FY2024: median $81,000 (14 filings) FY2025: median $89,221 (16 filings) FY2026: median $90,000 (17 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 5 filings FY20 FY2021: 8 filings FY21 FY2022: 8 filings FY22 FY2023: 12 filings FY23 FY2024: 14 filings FY24 FY2025: 16 filings FY25 FY2026: 17 filings FY26 17
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–––5
FY2021–––8
FY2022–––8
FY2023$86,500$77,485$95,59512
FY2024$81,000$66,250$97,30714
FY2025$89,221$79,125$98,08116
FY2026$90,000$80,080$96,00017

Cost of living

Spartanburg's median Industrial Engineer salary of $90,000 is worth about $98,800 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Spartanburg = 91.1).

Compared with all workers here

All Industrial Engineers in the Spartanburg, SC area earned a median of $99,860 in May 2025 (1,110 employed). The H-1B median here is $90,000, 10% 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
Leartoo few5
Abner Solartoo few4
Auria Spartanburgtoo few2
Crane Instrumentation & Sampling PFTtoo few2
Cytivatoo few2
Magna Seating of Americatoo few2
Oshkosh Defensetoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 2
Mid-level · Level II $80,750 18
Senior · Level III too few 3
Expert · Level IV – 0

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$76,107$80,75018

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.