State comparison · 2025
Cost Estimators salary: Massachusetts vs West Virginia
Cost Estimators in Massachusetts earn a median of $100,840. In West Virginia, $77,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.1% — not 30.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.1%
Massachusetts vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+10.1%
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%
West Virginia
Cost Estimators
- Median
- $77,480
- p25
- $53,980
- p75
- $88,290
- p10
- $42,730
- p90
- $122,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.