State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs Idaho
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In Idaho, $79,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.5% — not 21.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.7%
Alaska vs Idaho
COL-adjusted gap
+13.5%
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
Idaho
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $79,700
- p25
- $61,110
- p75
- $103,660
- p10
- $48,200
- p90
- $137,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.