State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs Nebraska
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In Nebraska, $73,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.8% — not 32.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.7%
Alaska vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+16.8%
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
Nebraska
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $73,100
- p25
- $58,030
- p75
- $86,770
- p10
- $50,040
- p90
- $105,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.