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Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019

13-1051 Cost Estimators

Prepare cost estimates for product manufacturing, construction projects, or services to aid management in bidding on or determining price of product or service. May specialize according to particular service performed or type of product manufactured.


National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1) Employment
RSE (3)
Mean hourly
wage
Mean annual
wage (2)
Wage RSE (3)
210,000 0.9 % $34.31 $71,350 0.3 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile 10% 25% 50%
(Median)
75% 90%
Hourly Wage $18.93 $24.66 $31.37 $41.38 $53.53
Annual Wage (2) $39,380 $51,300 $65,250 $86,080 $111,350


Industry profile for this occupation:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Building Equipment Contractors 30,210 1.36 $35.74 $74,330
Nonresidential Building Construction 21,660 2.60 $38.77 $80,650
Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors 17,840 1.91 $33.72 $70,140
Building Finishing Contractors 16,270 1.94 $33.34 $69,350
Residential Building Construction 14,680 1.81 $32.37 $67,340

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Nonresidential Building Construction 21,660 2.60 $38.77 $80,650
Building Finishing Contractors 16,270 1.94 $33.34 $69,350
Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors 17,840 1.91 $33.72 $70,140
Residential Building Construction 14,680 1.81 $32.37 $67,340
Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction 5,670 1.61 $39.98 $83,150

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Oil and Gas Extraction 40 0.03 $46.15 $95,990
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution 580 0.15 $43.13 $89,720
Telecommunications 350 0.05 $42.83 $89,090
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing 1,820 0.35 $42.62 $88,660
Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services 90 0.03 $42.19 $87,750


Geographic profile for this occupation:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.





States with the highest employment level in this occupation:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
California 27,130 1.56 1.09 $38.27 $79,610
Texas 17,380 1.40 0.98 $36.18 $75,250
Florida 13,190 1.50 1.05 $30.77 $64,000
New York 9,940 1.04 0.73 $37.56 $78,120
Ohio 8,980 1.65 1.15 $32.22 $67,030




States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Virginia 8,720 2.25 1.57 $35.68 $74,210
Montana 1,040 2.22 1.55 $28.40 $59,070
Delaware 950 2.11 1.48 $33.90 $70,500
Colorado 5,580 2.08 1.46 $35.88 $74,630
South Dakota 870 2.05 1.44 $27.72 $57,660




Top paying States for this occupation:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
District of Columbia 350 0.48 0.33 $43.87 $91,240
Alaska 250 0.79 0.55 $41.08 $85,450
Hawaii 850 1.33 0.93 $40.92 $85,120
Massachusetts 5,970 1.65 1.15 $39.07 $81,270
Connecticut 1,880 1.13 0.79 $38.36 $79,780





Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 10,390 1.08 0.75 $39.20 $81,540
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 8,320 1.33 0.93 $36.17 $75,230
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 5,870 1.60 1.12 $36.57 $76,060
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 4,790 1.51 1.05 $40.23 $83,680
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 4,560 0.97 0.68 $35.54 $73,920
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH 4,530 1.62 1.13 $39.63 $82,430
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 4,520 1.48 1.04 $39.37 $81,890
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 4,150 1.44 1.01 $37.47 $77,950
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA 4,020 1.63 1.14 $47.58 $98,960
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 3,620 1.71 1.19 $32.96 $68,560




Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Greeley, CO 400 3.72 2.60 $31.47 $65,460
Harrisonburg, VA 220 3.37 2.36 $31.67 $65,870
Panama City, FL 250 3.19 2.23 $26.23 $54,560
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 2,360 3.11 2.18 $35.06 $72,930
Billings, MT 270 3.11 2.18 $31.46 $65,430
St. George, UT 210 3.09 2.16 $28.61 $59,510
Barnstable Town, MA 300 2.90 2.03 $34.65 $72,080
Lake Charles, LA 340 2.90 2.03 $32.45 $67,490
Bend-Redmond, OR 240 2.90 2.03 $28.68 $59,660
Santa Rosa, CA 590 2.83 1.98 $40.48 $84,200




Top paying metropolitan areas for this occupation:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA 4,020 1.63 1.14 $47.58 $98,960
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 380 2.65 1.85 $47.57 $98,930
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI 120 0.92 0.65 $44.88 $93,350
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 1,630 1.43 1.00 $43.97 $91,450
Chattanooga, TN-GA 240 0.96 0.67 $42.29 $87,970
Urban Honolulu, HI 680 1.49 1.04 $41.43 $86,180
Anchorage, AK 200 1.16 0.81 $40.86 $84,990
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 420 1.01 0.71 $40.83 $84,930
Santa Rosa, CA 590 2.83 1.98 $40.48 $84,200
Fresno, CA 690 1.79 1.25 $40.30 $83,830

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in this occupation:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
North Northeastern Ohio non-metropolitan area (non-contiguous) 580 1.74 1.22 $30.96 $64,400
Kansas nonmetropolitan area 570 1.44 1.01 $31.39 $65,290
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area 430 2.03 1.42 $24.15 $50,240
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area 350 1.35 0.94 $29.34 $61,020
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area 350 1.36 0.95 $29.33 $61,000

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area 200 3.06 2.14 $26.77 $55,690
West Montana nonmetropolitan area 200 2.64 1.85 $24.17 $50,270
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area 320 2.26 1.58 $26.51 $55,150
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area 430 2.03 1.42 $24.15 $50,240
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area 120 1.99 1.39 $26.46 $55,040

Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for this occupation:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area 40 1.22 0.86 $43.10 $89,640
Big Thicket Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area 130 1.25 0.88 $40.66 $84,570
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area 100 1.00 0.70 $40.20 $83,620
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area 90 0.85 0.60 $36.78 $76,500
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area 70 0.68 0.47 $36.01 $74,900


About May 2019 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia. The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.

The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate--50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.


(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration. A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.


Other OES estimates and related information:

May 2019 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2019 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2019 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2019 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2019 Occupation Profiles

Technical Notes

 

Last Modified Date: July 6, 2020