Pay distribution $62,020 10th $75,410 25th $120,700 75th $152,220 90th
Half of Cost Estimators in the Seattle metro area earn more than $94,490 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $75,410 and $120,700.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $62,020 $75,410 $94,490 $120,700 $152,220 Hourly $29.82 $36.26 $45.43 $58.03 $73.18
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Seattle metro areathis metro area
$94,490 median for Seattle metro area; middle half earns $75,410 to $120,700
$86,070 median for Washington; middle half earns $70,720 to $108,120
$78,740 median for United States; middle half earns $61,150 to $101,850
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +10% vs Washington overall and +20% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $47,430 $65,833 $84,237 $102,640 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $47,430 Beckley, WV — $53,470 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $53,800 Las Cruces, NM — $56,010 Jonesboro, AR — $56,160 Hot Springs, AR — $56,760 Enid, OK — $57,810 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $57,820 Laredo, TX — $58,360 Hammond, LA — $59,760 Aguadilla, PR — $60,200 Homosassa Springs, FL — $60,610 El Paso, TX — $60,880 Terre Haute, IN — $61,310 Dothan, AL — $61,400 Florence, SC — $61,520 Santa Fe, NM — $61,570 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $61,990 Columbus, GA-AL — $62,100 Logan, UT-ID — $62,180 Johnson City, TN — $62,270 Farmington, NM — $62,530 Tyler, TX — $62,910 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $62,920 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $62,950 Traverse City, MI — $63,070 Lubbock, TX — $63,120 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $63,240 Sumter, SC — $63,450 Abilene, TX — $63,630 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $63,630 Ocala, FL — $63,660 Wichita Falls, TX — $63,680 Victoria, TX — $63,840 Johnstown, PA — $63,860 Muncie, IN — $63,870 Springfield, MO — $64,160 Grand Island, NE — $64,200 Wheeling, WV-OH — $64,240 Pocatello, ID — $64,320 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $64,360 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $64,420 Grants Pass, OR — $64,870 Cedar Rapids, IA — $65,000 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $65,250 Texarkana, TX-AR — $65,320 Yuma, AZ — $65,330 Joplin, MO-KS — $65,360 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $65,480 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $65,670 Williamsport, PA — $65,740 Columbia, SC — $65,850 San Angelo, TX — $65,880 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $65,970 Hattiesburg, MS — $66,060 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $66,290 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $66,420 Albany, GA — $66,720 Valdosta, GA — $66,880 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $67,040 Sherman-Denison, TX — $67,220 Jacksonville, NC — $67,530 Gainesville, FL — $67,690 Tallahassee, FL — $67,700 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $67,720 Monroe, LA — $68,030 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $68,080 Savannah, GA — $68,120 Kenosha, WI — $68,370 El Centro, CA — $68,430 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $68,550 St. George, UT — $68,550 Columbia, MO — $68,610 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $68,720 Great Falls, MT — $68,740 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $68,820 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $68,890 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $69,000 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $69,080 Jacksonville, FL — $69,090 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $69,200 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $69,210 Elizabethtown, KY — $69,300 Erie, PA — $69,370 Jackson, TN — $69,380 Gadsden, AL — $69,430 Jefferson City, MO — $69,430 Longview, TX — $69,450 Spartanburg, SC — $69,490 Twin Falls, ID — $69,740 Midland, MI — $69,990 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $70,260 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $70,260 Flagstaff, AZ — $70,350 Goldsboro, NC — $70,360 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $70,450 Owensboro, KY — $70,460 Rocky Mount, NC — $70,510 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $70,560 Lawrence, KS — $70,630 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $70,640 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $70,690 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $70,690 Niles, MI — $70,720 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $70,810 Bismarck, ND — $71,020 Fort Wayne, IN — $71,200 Winston-Salem, NC — $71,220 Roanoke, VA — $71,320 Clarksville, TN-KY — $71,340 Medford, OR — $71,360 Morristown, TN — $71,400 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $71,480 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $71,550 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $71,580 Portland-South Portland, ME — $71,580 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $71,630 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $71,640 Bay City, MI — $71,660 Bowling Green, KY — $71,720 Wausau, WI — $71,850 Gainesville, GA — $71,960 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $72,030 Greenville, NC — $72,050 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $72,050 Amarillo, TX — $72,140 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $72,210 Rapid City, SD — $72,210 Port St. Lucie, FL — $72,270 Mansfield, OH — $72,290 Burlington, NC — $72,330 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $72,480 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $72,710 Lewiston, ID-WA — $72,800 Fayetteville, NC — $72,840 Bangor, ME — $72,850 Altoona, PA — $72,880 Merced, CA — $72,880 State College, PA — $72,880 Tulsa, OK — $72,880 Knoxville, TN — $72,900 Wilmington, NC — $72,900 Dover, DE — $72,930 Monroe, MI — $72,970 Oklahoma City, OK — $73,030 Albuquerque, NM — $73,090 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $73,130 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $73,310 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $73,310 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $73,320 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $73,410 Madison, WI — $73,420 Tucson, AZ — $73,590 Lebanon, PA — $73,640 Decatur, AL — $73,650 Jackson, MI — $73,650 Harrisonburg, VA — $73,730 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $73,760 Fargo, ND-MN — $73,760 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $73,800 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $73,940 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $74,010 Walla Walla, WA — $74,050 Green Bay, WI — $74,120 Cleveland, TN — $74,350 Punta Gorda, FL — $74,380 Killeen-Temple, TX — $74,420 Salisbury, MD — $74,420 Visalia, CA — $74,430 Yuba City, CA — $74,430 Lima, OH — $74,460 Lake Charles, LA — $74,570 Lynchburg, VA — $74,570 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $74,570 Mankato, MN — $74,660 Battle Creek, MI — $74,720 Gettysburg, PA — $74,730 Montgomery, AL — $74,790 Tuscaloosa, AL — $74,800 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $74,820 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $74,830 Dalton, GA — $74,840 Alexandria, LA — $74,890 Idaho Falls, ID — $74,910 Canton-Massillon, OH — $74,990 Minot, ND — $74,990 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $74,990 Asheville, NC — $75,000 Iowa City, IA — $75,070 Wichita, KS — $75,090 Lafayette, LA — $75,110 Fond du Lac, WI — $75,150 Jackson, MS — $75,170 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $75,220 Kankakee, IL — $75,230 Sheboygan, WI — $75,250 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $75,300 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $75,350 Waco, TX — $75,450 Yakima, WA — $75,450 Anchorage, AK — $75,460 College Station-Bryan, TX — $75,590 Billings, MT — $75,600 Utica-Rome, NY — $75,700 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $75,720 Winchester, VA-WV — $75,720 Binghamton, NY — $75,730 Lincoln, NE — $75,740 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $75,740 Carson City, NV — $75,860 Peoria, IL — $75,870 Saginaw, MI — $75,940 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $76,030 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $76,040 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $76,130 Warner Robins, GA — $76,160 Salem, OR — $76,190 Albany, OR — $76,200 Appleton, WI — $76,230 Flint, MI — $76,250 Omaha, NE-IA — $76,350 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $76,390 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $76,390 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $76,430 Bloomington, IN — $76,450 Kokomo, IN — $76,490 Rockford, IL — $76,630 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $76,660 Morgantown, WV — $76,690 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $76,730 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $76,800 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $76,810 Bend, OR — $76,890 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $76,900 Rochester, MN — $76,910 Ames, IA — $76,920 Mobile, AL — $76,980 St. Cloud, MN — $76,980 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $77,000 Kingston, NY — $77,020 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $77,070 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $77,070 Toledo, OH — $77,230 Evansville, IN — $77,290 Eau Claire, WI — $77,330 Redding, CA — $77,360 Elmira, NY — $77,400 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $77,420 Lancaster, PA — $77,450 Akron, OH — $77,490 Sandusky, OH — $77,490 Richmond, VA — $77,540 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $77,570 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $77,590 Missoula, MT — $77,640 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $77,710 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $77,710 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $77,730 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $77,770 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $77,780 Syracuse, NY — $77,970 Pittsburgh, PA — $77,980 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $77,990 Charlottesville, VA — $78,040 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $78,060 Topeka, KS — $78,070 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $78,090 Cleveland, OH — $78,120 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $78,200 Chambersburg, PA — $78,260 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $78,310 Reading, PA — $78,350 Springfield, OH — $78,440 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $78,500 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $78,530 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $78,530 Manhattan, KS — $78,560 Glens Falls, NY — $78,590 Longview-Kelso, WA — $78,610 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $78,650 Grand Junction, CO — $78,650 Barnstable Town, MA — $78,660 Huntsville, AL — $78,670 St. Louis, MO-IL — $78,730 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $78,740 Rochester, NY — $78,890 Kansas City, MO-KS — $78,940 New Haven, CT — $78,960 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $79,020 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $79,030 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $79,130 Decatur, IL — $79,230 Duluth, MN-WI — $79,230 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $79,230 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $79,270 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $79,290 Charleston, WV — $79,300 Birmingham, AL — $79,330 Corpus Christi, TX — $79,550 Boise City, ID — $79,700 Odessa, TX — $79,760 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $79,850 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $79,850 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $79,880 Columbus, OH — $79,990 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $80,020 Urban Honolulu, HI — $80,090 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $80,100 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $80,130 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $80,170 York-Hanover, PA — $80,170 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $80,200 Salinas, CA — $80,210 Ann Arbor, MI — $80,550 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $80,560 Bloomington, IL — $80,590 Ogden, UT — $80,760 Columbus, IN — $80,800 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $80,800 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $80,850 Chico, CA — $81,140 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $81,170 Lexington Park, MD — $81,210 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $81,290 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $81,300 Modesto, CA — $81,330 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $81,380 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $81,540 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $81,540 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $82,110 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $82,110 Springfield, IL — $82,230 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $82,260 Reno, NV — $82,270 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $82,380 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $82,390 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $82,440 Midland, TX — $82,540 Vineland, NJ — $82,540 Paducah, KY-IL — $82,610 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $82,730 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $82,800 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $82,870 Dubuque, IA — $82,940 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $83,010 Bellingham, WA — $83,130 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $83,190 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $83,560 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $83,640 Helena, MT — $83,760 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $83,800 Cheyenne, WY — $83,870 Fresno, CA — $84,140 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $84,430 Pueblo, CO — $84,580 Baton Rouge, LA — $84,710 Vallejo, CA — $84,830 Casper, WY — $84,990 Colorado Springs, CO — $84,990 Bozeman, MT — $85,820 Napa, CA — $86,240 Springfield, MA — $86,730 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $87,150 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $87,170 Greeley, CO — $87,350 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $87,670 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $87,720 Pittsfield, MA — $88,080 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $89,330 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $89,540 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $89,820 Worcester, MA — $92,570 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $92,600 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $94,490 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $95,650 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $97,580 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $100,410 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $101,630 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $102,640 Seattle metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Seattle metro area has the 6th-highest published median for this occupation among the 379 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Washington Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for cost estimators, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Seattle metro areathis page
$94,490 median for Seattle metro area; middle half earns $75,410 to $120,700
$87,150 median for Kennewick metro area; middle half earns $71,990 to $123,700
$83,130 median for Bellingham metro area; middle half earns $70,700 to $104,890
$80,100 median for Mount Vernon metro area; middle half earns $66,420 to $108,800
$79,850 median for Bremerton metro area; middle half earns $64,570 to $99,410
$78,610 median for Longview metro area; middle half earns $64,050 to $99,510
$75,450 median for Yakima metro area; middle half earns $60,980 to $94,640
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .