State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs South Dakota
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In South Dakota, $74,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12% — not 29.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.4%
Alaska vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+12%
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 Dakota
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $74,950
- p25
- $60,740
- p75
- $92,710
- p10
- $57,110
- p90
- $129,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.