State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs Texas
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In Texas, $76,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.5% — not 26%.
Nominal pay gap
+26%
Alaska vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+19.5%
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
Texas
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $76,980
- p25
- $58,970
- p75
- $100,580
- p10
- $45,760
- p90
- $132,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -52%
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.