State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs Washington
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In Washington, $86,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.8% — not 12.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+12.7%
Alaska vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+17.8%
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
Washington
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $86,070
- p25
- $70,720
- p75
- $108,120
- p10
- $59,650
- p90
- $141,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.