State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alabama vs Alaska
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In Alabama, $74,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.9% — not 22.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.7%
Alabama vs Alaska
COL-adjusted gap
-10.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $74,990
- p25
- $53,890
- p75
- $92,970
- p10
- $42,400
- p90
- $118,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Alaska
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $97,020
- p25
- $64,460
- p75
- $141,420
- p10
- $52,020
- p90
- $163,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.