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State comparison · 2025

Cost Estimators salary: Indiana vs Massachusetts

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Cost Estimators in Massachusetts earn a median of $100,840. In Indiana, $73,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.4% — not 27.2%.

Nominal pay gap
-27.2%
Indiana vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-17.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Indiana

Cost Estimators

Median
$73,430
p25
$59,590
p75
$91,410
p10
$50,630
p90
$106,640
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
93.3
Hiring velocity (180d)
-62%
See full breakdown for Indiana

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%
See full breakdown for Massachusetts

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.