State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs Maryland
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In Maryland, $81,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.5% — not 19.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.5%
Alaska vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+22.5%
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
Maryland
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $81,190
- p25
- $63,080
- p75
- $106,360
- p10
- $50,660
- p90
- $130,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -37%
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.