State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs Arizona
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In Arizona, $77,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.9% — not 26%.
Nominal pay gap
+26%
Alaska vs Arizona
COL-adjusted gap
+23.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Arizona
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $77,010
- p25
- $58,710
- p75
- $99,110
- p10
- $37,440
- p90
- $127,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.