State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs Iowa
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In Iowa, $76,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.4% — not 27.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.6%
Alaska vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+9.4%
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
Iowa
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $76,040
- p25
- $58,450
- p75
- $93,380
- p10
- $48,740
- p90
- $118,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.