State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs Louisiana
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In Louisiana, $77,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.5% — not 26%.
Nominal pay gap
+26%
Alaska vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
+8.5%
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
Louisiana
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $77,030
- p25
- $58,290
- p75
- $98,680
- p10
- $43,840
- p90
- $125,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.