State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs Mississippi
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In Mississippi, $71,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.7% — not 36.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.2%
Alaska vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+15.7%
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
Mississippi
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $71,230
- p25
- $52,060
- p75
- $91,570
- p10
- $41,600
- p90
- $118,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.