The annual salary statistics of cost estimators in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of cost estimators in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $45,880 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $59,490 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $78,060 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $101,940 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $132,900 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for cost estimators in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $132,900. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $78,060. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $45,880.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of cost estimators from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $78,060 | 16.79% | 17.87% |
| 2021 | $64,950 | -10.84% | - |
| 2020 | $71,990 | 7.06% | - |
| 2019 | $66,910 | 0.37% | - |
| 2018 | $66,660 | 4.07% | - |
| 2017 | $63,950 | -0.25% | - |
| 2016 | $64,110 | 4.01% | - |
| 2015 | $61,540 | -4.18% | - |
| 2012 | $64,110 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $78,060 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is in the middle of salary range for cost estimators in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of cost estimators in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 19.7 percent (19.7%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 34.1 percent (34.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area.