State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs Kentucky
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In Kentucky, $74,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.1% — not 29.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.6%
Alaska vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+14.1%
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
Kentucky
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $74,880
- p25
- $57,990
- p75
- $98,450
- p10
- $46,410
- p90
- $119,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.