State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: California vs Wyoming
Cost Estimators in Wyoming earn a median of $90,790. In California, $85,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.2% — not 5.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.9%
California vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
-21.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $85,460
- p25
- $65,690
- p75
- $118,060
- p10
- $51,750
- p90
- $150,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -39%
Wyoming
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $90,790
- p25
- $74,730
- p75
- $104,000
- p10
- $52,680
- p90
- $108,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.