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State comparison · 2025

Cost Estimators salary: Maine vs Massachusetts

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Cost Estimators in Massachusetts earn a median of $100,840. In Maine, $74,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20% — not 26.5%.

Nominal pay gap
-26.5%
Maine vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-20%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Maine

Cost Estimators

Median
$74,080
p25
$56,660
p75
$90,340
p10
$41,450
p90
$123,040
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
97.1
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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.