State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
Cost Estimators in Massachusetts earn a median of $100,840. In District of Columbia, $82,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21% — not 18%.
Nominal pay gap
-18%
District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-21%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $82,730
- p25
- $82,220
- p75
- $101,420
- p10
- $66,720
- p90
- $127,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +600%
Massachusetts
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $100,840
- p25
- $75,420
- p75
- $127,400
- p10
- $58,870
- p90
- $151,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +10%
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.