State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Iowa vs Wyoming
Cost Estimators in Wyoming earn a median of $90,790. In Iowa, $76,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.6% — not 16.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.2%
Iowa vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
-11.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $76,040
- p25
- $58,450
- p75
- $93,380
- p10
- $48,740
- p90
- $118,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.