State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs Michigan
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In Michigan, $77,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.9% — not 24.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.4%
Alaska vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+16.9%
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
Michigan
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $77,990
- p25
- $62,060
- p75
- $100,660
- p10
- $46,660
- p90
- $125,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.