State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Massachusetts vs Washington
Cost Estimators in Massachusetts earn a median of $100,840. In Washington, $86,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.5% — not 17.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.2%
Massachusetts vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+18.5%
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%
Washington
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $86,070
- p25
- $70,720
- p75
- $108,120
- p10
- $59,650
- p90
- $141,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.