State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs Arkansas
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In Arkansas, $61,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.9% — not 57.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+57.8%
Alaska vs Arkansas
COL-adjusted gap
+33.9%
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
Arkansas
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $61,470
- p25
- $45,850
- p75
- $88,760
- p10
- $38,480
- p90
- $110,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.