State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs Indiana
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In Indiana, $73,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.4% — not 32.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.1%
Alaska vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+20.4%
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
Indiana
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $73,430
- p25
- $59,590
- p75
- $91,410
- p10
- $50,630
- p90
- $106,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.