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Costing & Estimation

Cost Estimators

Costing, bid, and estimation roles that connect to manufacturing, contracting, sourcing, and project delivery work.

Median salary

$74,740

Mean salary

$79,520

90th percentile

$124,520

National employment

220,970

National salary band

10th percentile

$44,820

25th percentile

$57,130

Median

$74,740

75th percentile

$96,740

The salary band above comes from the published BLS occupation profile for this role. State and metro sections below use the published geographic leaderboards exposed on the same occupation pages, which are reported with annual mean wage.

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Top-paying states

Published BLS geographic wage leaderboard for this role.

A published state wage leaderboard was not seeded yet for this occupation. The national salary band above is still available, and a future refresh can expand the geography table from the full OEWS export.

Metro benchmarks

Higher-resolution metro snapshots for candidates comparing specific labor markets.

A metro leaderboard was not seeded yet for this occupation. The national BLS profile still gives a strong benchmark for salary expectations.

Source

These figures come from the published BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics occupation profile pages. State and metro leaderboards on this page use the published annual mean wage rankings exposed by BLS for the occupation-specific geographic profile.

Source: bls.gov (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS occupation profiles, May 2023 public data)

Last updated: May 22, 2026. Salary geography snippets currently reflect BLS May 2023 occupation profiles.

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