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State comparison · 2025

Cost Estimators salary: Massachusetts vs South Carolina

Occupation

Cost Estimators in Massachusetts earn a median of $100,840. In South Carolina, $70,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.1% — not 43.5%.

Nominal pay gap
+43.5%
Massachusetts vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+27.1%
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

South Carolina

Cost Estimators

Median
$70,260
p25
$57,170
p75
$92,830
p10
$46,970
p90
$119,590
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
93.7
Hiring velocity (180d)
+75%
See full breakdown for South Carolina

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.