State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs California
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In California, $85,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.7% — not 13.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+13.5%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
+22.7%
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
California
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $85,460
- p25
- $65,690
- p75
- $118,060
- p10
- $51,750
- p90
- $150,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -39%
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.