The highest-paying states for cost estimators (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of cost estimators in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $94,550, Hawaii is the highest paying state for cost estimators. It is followed by Massachusetts (average annual salary $93,600). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of cost estimators in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaii | $94,550 |
$48,930 | 1,090 |
| 2 | Massachusetts | $93,600 |
$56,160 | 4,960 |
| 3 | Alaska | $85,410 |
$40,650 | 160 |
| 4 | Washington | $80,640 |
$48,880 | 6,830 |
| 5 | California | $79,970 |
$47,100 | 30,200 |
| 6 | Illinois | $79,510 |
$46,130 | 6,150 |
| 7 | Connecticut | $79,140 |
$50,750 | 2,120 |
| 8 | District of Columbia | $78,490 |
$63,850 | 320 |
| 9 | New Jersey | $77,450 |
$47,050 | 5,280 |
| 10 | Maryland | $76,720 |
$47,850 | 4,210 |
| 11 | New York | $76,670 |
$45,550 | 10,790 |
| 12 | Colorado | $76,430 |
$46,580 | 5,850 |
| 13 | Oregon | $75,910 |
$46,180 | 3,610 |
| 14 | Vermont | $74,880 |
$48,450 | 320 |
| 15 | Virgin Islands | $74,820 |
$30,460 | 30 |
| 16 | Minnesota | $73,390 |
$48,460 | 3,790 |
| 17 | Nevada | $73,240 |
$44,890 | 1,920 |
| 18 | Arizona | $73,140 |
$44,330 | 4,320 |
| 19 | Wyoming | $72,980 |
$41,410 | 300 |
| 20 | Virginia | $72,880 |
$41,790 | 7,890 |
| 21 | Pennsylvania | $72,540 |
$45,760 | 10,090 |
| 22 | Kansas | $69,230 |
$42,150 | 2,800 |
| 23 | Ohio | $68,500 |
$40,320 | 8,690 |
| 24 | Louisiana | $68,340 |
$43,330 | 2,680 |
| 25 | Michigan | $68,180 |
$38,540 | 6,510 |
| 26 | Georgia | $67,430 |
$34,320 | 5,860 |
| 27 | Utah | $66,720 |
$34,100 | 3,080 |
| 28 | Delaware | $65,840 |
$47,880 | 1,220 |
| 29 | Missouri | $65,310 |
$36,160 | 7,010 |
| 30 | Texas | $65,100 |
$38,150 | 19,220 |
| 31 | North Dakota | $64,990 |
$45,300 | 530 |
| 32 | Tennessee | $64,980 |
$40,050 | 3,420 |
| 33 | Indiana | $64,630 |
$40,400 | 5,090 |
| 34 | West Virginia | $64,600 |
$39,780 | 880 |
| 35 | Idaho | $64,200 |
$39,220 | 1,220 |
| 36 | Iowa | $64,030 |
$40,820 | 2,260 |
| 37 | New Mexico | $63,920 |
$42,710 | 1,060 |
| 38 | Wisconsin | $63,850 |
$46,800 | 4,770 |
| 39 | Nebraska | $63,700 |
$42,080 | 1,490 |
| 40 | Montana | $63,140 |
$39,320 | 930 |
| 41 | Maine | $63,010 |
$46,350 | 910 |
| 42 | South Dakota | $62,550 |
$46,740 | 900 |
| 43 | New Hampshire | $62,540 |
$41,710 | 990 |
| 44 | North Carolina | $62,400 |
$37,710 | 7,410 |
| 45 | Mississippi | $61,680 |
$36,400 | 980 |
| 46 | South Carolina | $61,670 |
$40,260 | 2,080 |
| 47 | Rhode Island | $61,590 |
$29,300 | 620 |
| 48 | Kentucky | $61,420 |
$39,040 | 1,970 |
| 49 | Florida | $61,040 |
$36,560 | 14,710 |
| 50 | Alabama | $60,260 |
$35,740 | 2,300 |
| 51 | Arkansas | $59,640 |
$32,670 | 1,320 |
| 52 | Guam | $57,490 |
$26,200 | 60 |
| 53 | Oklahoma | $57,250 |
$36,980 | 2,200 |
| 54 | Puerto Rico | $39,540 |
$25,620 | 360 |