State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs North Carolina
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In North Carolina, $74,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.6% — not 29.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.8%
Alaska vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+19.6%
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
North Carolina
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $74,730
- p25
- $57,680
- p75
- $94,320
- p10
- $43,580
- p90
- $123,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -20%
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.