State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs Montana
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In Montana, $77,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.9% — not 25.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.5%
Alaska vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+15.9%
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
Montana
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $77,320
- p25
- $62,130
- p75
- $91,990
- p10
- $50,120
- p90
- $106,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.