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State comparison · 2025

Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs Colorado

Occupation

Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In Colorado, $86,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.4% — not 11.6%.

Nominal pay gap
+11.6%
Alaska vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+12.4%
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
See full breakdown for Alaska

Colorado

Cost Estimators

Median
$86,940
p25
$73,400
p75
$109,990
p10
$58,890
p90
$137,520
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
103.1
Hiring velocity (180d)
0%
See full breakdown for Colorado

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.