State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs Virginia
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In Virginia, $80,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.9% — not 20.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.5%
Alaska vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+18.9%
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
Virginia
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $80,530
- p25
- $62,600
- p75
- $100,830
- p10
- $49,820
- p90
- $129,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
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.