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