State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs Kansas
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In Kansas, $76,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12% — not 27.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.2%
Alaska vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+12%
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
Kansas
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $76,250
- p25
- $62,190
- p75
- $96,980
- p10
- $48,860
- p90
- $118,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.