<p>At my school, Industrial Engineers actually have the second highest median starting salaries and 2nd highest median signing bonuses. I don’t know many who have gotten jobs where they are called “industrial engineers,” though. Many of them end up in all sorts of jobs because their roles are not clearly defined. If they actually have the word “engineer” in their job title, it’s usually something like supply chain engineer or manufacturing engineer. A big chunk of them end up in consulting, many get specialized programming jobs related to data and optimization, some end up working as actuaries, and the list goes on.</p>
<p>Now that I think about it, I’ve never actually known someone who has gotten a job as an “industrial engineer” and I’m a senior in industrial engineering!</p>