State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs Minnesota
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In Minnesota, $80,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.6% — not 20.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.1%
Alaska vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+15.6%
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
Minnesota
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $80,810
- p25
- $65,330
- p75
- $99,510
- p10
- $56,640
- p90
- $125,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.