State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs West Virginia
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In West Virginia, $77,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.4% — not 25.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.2%
Alaska vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+9.4%
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
West Virginia
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $77,480
- p25
- $53,980
- p75
- $88,290
- p10
- $42,730
- p90
- $122,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.