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State comparison · 2025

Cost Estimators salary: Massachusetts vs Oregon

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Cost Estimators in Massachusetts earn a median of $100,840. In Oregon, $80,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.5% — not 25.3%.

Nominal pay gap
+25.3%
Massachusetts vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+22.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

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

Oregon

Cost Estimators

Median
$80,460
p25
$62,010
p75
$112,130
p10
$49,970
p90
$133,460
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
103.4
Hiring velocity (180d)
-67%
See full breakdown for Oregon

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.