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State comparison · 2025

Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs Maine

Occupation

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
See full breakdown for Alaska

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
See full breakdown for Maine

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.