State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs Maine
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In Maine, $74,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.2% — not 31%.
Nominal pay gap
+31%
Alaska vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+24.2%
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
Maine
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $74,080
- p25
- $56,660
- p75
- $90,340
- p10
- $41,450
- p90
- $123,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.