State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs Illinois
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In Illinois, $82,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.5% — not 17.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.2%
Alaska vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+14.5%
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
Illinois
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $82,750
- p25
- $61,710
- p75
- $108,240
- p10
- $49,200
- p90
- $136,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -74%
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.