State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs New Mexico
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In New Mexico, $67,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.2% — not 43.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.5%
Alaska vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+29.2%
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
New Mexico
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $67,590
- p25
- $49,000
- p75
- $82,990
- p10
- $38,960
- p90
- $109,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.