State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs New York
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In New York, $80,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.1% — not 20.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.6%
Alaska vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+27.1%
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 York
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $80,430
- p25
- $60,290
- p75
- $106,820
- p10
- $52,000
- p90
- $139,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.