State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs South Carolina
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In South Carolina, $70,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.4% — not 38.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.1%
Alaska vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+26.4%
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
South Carolina
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $70,260
- p25
- $57,170
- p75
- $92,830
- p10
- $46,970
- p90
- $119,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +75%
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.