Highest-paying Cities for Cost Estimators

The top 100 highest paying cities 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 cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $108,440, Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii is the highest paying city for cost estimators. It is followed by Peabody, Massachusetts (average annual salary $100,390). 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 city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Cost Estimators

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$108,440	$51,500	140
2	Peabody, Massachusetts	$100,390	$56,920	130
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$97,200	$55,800	4,100
4	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$95,940	$58,820	3,690
5	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$95,930	$46,810	130
6	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$94,020	$45,610	40
7	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$93,850	$58,880	1,640
8	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$92,700	$57,700	640
9	Napa, California	$90,010	$53,370	120
10	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$89,600	$45,440	40
11	Anchorage, Alaska	$88,410	$40,460	110
12	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$88,220	$51,110	40
13	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$86,870	$48,930	820
14	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$86,730	$55,320	1,600
15	Los Alamos County, New Mexico	$84,430	$53,860	30
16	Salinas, California	$84,390	$48,300	240
17	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$83,620	$50,060	4,240
18	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$83,500	$59,830	160
19	Southeast Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$83,050	$42,140	110
20	Worcester, Massachusetts	$83,000	$51,760	320
21	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$82,910	$44,150	130
22	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$82,300	$39,890	90
23	Decatur, Illinois	$81,880	$48,280	50
24	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$81,770	$51,190	4,370
25	Springfield, Massachusetts	$81,370	$50,430	380
26	Casper, Wyoming	$81,160	$41,410	60
27	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$81,120	$48,840	40
28	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$80,750	$48,010	4,710
29	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$80,680	$47,720	100
30	New Haven, Connecticut	$80,390	$51,860	390
31	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$80,340	$49,650	300
32	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$80,230	$47,220	2,930
33	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$80,140	$42,770	140
34	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$79,970	$49,230	470
35	Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, Virginia	$79,950	$42,690	220
36	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$79,830	$51,370	710
37	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$79,500	$52,330	90
38	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$79,500	$49,680	230
39	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$79,230	$45,290	40
40	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$79,070	$48,080	280
41	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$79,020	$48,140	10,880
42	Fresno, California	$79,010	$46,340	760
43	Longview, Washington	$78,870	$49,220	80
44	Spokane, Washington	$78,810	$45,660	560
45	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$78,780	$48,160	2,520
46	Cumberland, West Virginia	$78,780	$36,300	40
47	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$78,720	$48,390	2,630
48	Olympia, Washington	$78,490	$49,890	250
49	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$78,400	$49,270	300
50	Chico, California	$78,170	$45,440	150
51	Cheyenne, Wyoming	$78,150	$39,740	60
52	Waterbury, Connecticut	$78,120	$52,140	90
53	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$78,100	$48,800	3,650
54	Stockton, California	$78,080	$47,600	560
55	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$78,060	$45,880	9,080
56	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$78,010	$55,530	80
57	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$78,000	$49,660	2,180
58	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$77,930	$40,800	4,800
59	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$77,840	$51,850	3,160
60	Grants Pass, Oregon	$77,720	$45,080	40
61	Sierra Vista-Douglas, Arizona	$77,600	$45,010	30
62	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$77,390	$43,680	100
63	South Western Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$77,340	$32,430	30
64	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$77,270	$47,910	130
65	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$77,150	$46,170	460
66	Danville, Illinois	$76,990	$44,840	30
67	Salt Lake City, Utah	$76,980	$39,700	1,470
68	Odessa, Texas	$76,770	$39,400	110
69	Merced, California	$76,630	$40,540	100
70	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$76,630	$48,050	160
71	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$76,410	$48,950	4,520
72	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$76,400	$50,240	140
73	Modesto, California	$76,320	$48,390	330
74	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$76,280	$49,970	2,680
75	Yuba City, California	$76,030	$38,790	70
76	Bellingham, Washington	$76,030	$49,980	150
77	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$76,010	$34,100	160
78	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$75,910	$44,850	1,360
79	Boulder, Colorado	$75,870	$46,920	270
80	El Centro, California	$75,810	$47,620	60
81	Rocky Mount, North Carolina	$75,160	$35,240	80
82	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$75,100	$46,580	160
83	Jackson, Michigan	$75,060	$35,930	90
84	Salem, Oregon	$74,980	$45,760	400
85	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$74,980	$47,860	2,240
86	Toledo, Ohio	$74,940	$41,140	530
87	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$74,670	$44,940	3,410
88	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$74,440	$43,680	180
89	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$74,310	$44,140	3,580
90	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$74,280	$41,940	5,110
91	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$74,250	$43,310	560
92	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$74,250	$45,760	780
93	St Louis, Missouri	$74,220	$40,820	3,220
94	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$74,190	$47,260	2,070
95	Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia	$74,170	$39,900	210
96	Charleston, West Virginia	$74,170	$41,260	160
97	Tacoma, Washington	$74,130	$51,870	670
98	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$74,080	$43,370	4,740
99	Framingham, Massachusetts	$74,060	$46,070	410
100	Lewiston, Washington	$74,020	$43,070	40

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for cost estimators.