State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs Hawaii
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In Hawaii, $80,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.7% — not 20.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.7%
Alaska vs Hawaii
COL-adjusted gap
+29.7%
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
Hawaii
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $80,360
- p25
- $61,280
- p75
- $106,220
- p10
- $46,030
- p90
- $139,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.