State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs Ohio
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In Ohio, $77,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.1% — not 24.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.8%
Alaska vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+13.1%
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
Ohio
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $77,730
- p25
- $61,150
- p75
- $99,070
- p10
- $48,750
- p90
- $124,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -69%
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.