Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2023

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 Cost Estimators
Industry profile for Cost Estimators
Geographic profile for Cost Estimators

National estimates for Cost Estimators:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Cost Estimators:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
220,970	0.8 %	$ 38.23	$ 79,520	0.5 %

Percentile wage estimates for Cost Estimators:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 21.55	$ 27.47	$ 35.94	$ 46.51	$ 59.87
Annual Wage (2)	$ 44,820	$ 57,130	$ 74,740	$ 96,740	$ 124,520

Industry profile for Cost Estimators:

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

Industries with the highest levels of employment in Cost Estimators:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Building Equipment Contractors	31,870	1.31	$ 40.76	$ 84,770
Automotive Repair and Maintenance	20,490	2.05	$ 32.52	$ 67,650
Nonresidential Building Construction	19,630	2.29	$ 45.40	$ 94,430
Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors	18,470	1.89	$ 37.49	$ 77,990
Building Finishing Contractors	16,350	1.95	$ 35.58	$ 74,000

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Cost Estimators:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Nonresidential Building Construction	19,630	2.29	$ 45.40	$ 94,430
Automotive Repair and Maintenance	20,490	2.05	$ 32.52	$ 67,650
Building Finishing Contractors	16,350	1.95	$ 35.58	$ 74,000
Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors	18,470	1.89	$ 37.49	$ 77,990
Residential Building Construction	14,600	1.58	$ 33.98	$ 70,670

Top paying industries for Cost Estimators:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Scientific Research and Development Services	320	0.03	$ 59.28	$ 123,300
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities	90	0.01	$ 55.83	$ 116,130
Employment Services	2,030	0.05	$ 55.35	$ 115,130
Rail Transportation	30	0.02	$ 52.49	$ 109,190
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	520	0.13	$ 51.60	$ 107,330

Geographic profile for Cost Estimators:

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

Map of employment of cost estimators by state, May 2023

States with the highest employment level in Cost Estimators:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	25,850	1.44	0.99	$ 43.93	$ 91,360
Texas	20,240	1.49	1.03	$ 36.70	$ 76,340
Florida	14,150	1.48	1.02	$ 35.00	$ 72,800
New York	9,680	1.03	0.71	$ 43.33	$ 90,120
Pennsylvania	9,620	1.62	1.11	$ 38.22	$ 79,490

Map of location quotient of cost estimators by state, May 2023

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Cost Estimators:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Delaware	1,170	2.48	1.71	$ 35.40	$ 73,640
Missouri	6,650	2.31	1.59	$ 36.89	$ 76,730
South Dakota	950	2.13	1.46	$ 34.45	$ 71,650
Oregon	3,970	2.05	1.41	$ 38.28	$ 79,610
Washington	6,980	2.00	1.37	$ 42.80	$ 89,020

Map of annual mean wages of cost estimators by state, May 2023

Top paying states for Cost Estimators:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Massachusetts	4,630	1.27	0.87	$ 47.64	$ 99,090
District of Columbia	380	0.54	0.37	$ 45.88	$ 95,420
California	25,850	1.44	0.99	$ 43.93	$ 91,360
New York	9,680	1.03	0.71	$ 43.33	$ 90,120
Washington	6,980	2.00	1.37	$ 42.80	$ 89,020

Map of employment of cost estimators by area, May 2023

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Cost Estimators:

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	10,250	1.08	0.74	$ 44.53	$ 92,620
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	7,200	1.16	0.80	$ 42.22	$ 87,810
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	6,520	1.64	1.13	$ 37.31	$ 77,600
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	5,520	1.22	0.84	$ 40.37	$ 83,970
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	5,260	1.65	1.14	$ 38.25	$ 79,570
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	4,410	1.56	1.07	$ 40.38	$ 84,000
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	4,380	1.42	0.97	$ 42.06	$ 87,480
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	4,250	2.05	1.41	$ 44.68	$ 92,930
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	3,950	1.40	0.96	$ 36.19	$ 75,280
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	3,780	1.65	1.14	$ 44.13	$ 91,790

Map of location quotient of cost estimators by area, May 2023

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Cost Estimators:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Danbury, CT	250	3.28	2.25	$ 35.33	$ 73,480
Greeley, CO	350	3.12	2.15	$ 38.22	$ 79,500
Manhattan, KS	120	2.94	2.02	$ 33.87	$ 70,450
Lancaster, PA	690	2.78	1.91	$ 37.55	$ 78,110
Santa Rosa, CA	570	2.75	1.89	$ 45.65	$ 94,950
Jefferson City, MO	200	2.68	1.84	$ 34.80	$ 72,380
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC	1,950	2.64	1.82	$ 35.22	$ 73,260
Sioux Falls, SD	420	2.52	1.73	$ 35.60	$ 74,050
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	130	2.50	1.72	$ 40.16	$ 83,540
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL	410	2.50	1.72	$ 37.15	$ 77,280