State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs District of Columbia
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In District of Columbia, $82,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.9% — not 17.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.3%
Alaska vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
+25.9%
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
District of Columbia
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $82,730
- p25
- $82,220
- p75
- $101,420
- p10
- $66,720
- p90
- $127,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +600%
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.