State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Alaska vs Wisconsin
Cost Estimators in Alaska earn a median of $97,020. In Wisconsin, $76,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.9% — not 27.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.2%
Alaska vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+16.9%
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
Wisconsin
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $76,270
- p25
- $60,540
- p75
- $93,960
- p10
- $50,890
- p90
- $111,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.