State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs Oregon
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In Oregon, $80,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.8% — not 20.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.6%
Alaska vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+21.8%
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
Oregon
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $80,460
- p25
- $62,010
- p75
- $112,130
- p10
- $49,970
- p90
- $133,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.