State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs North Dakota
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In North Dakota, $73,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.1% — not 32.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.4%
Alaska vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+15.1%
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
North Dakota
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $73,280
- p25
- $61,010
- p75
- $85,940
- p10
- $52,730
- p90
- $104,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.