Cost Estimators · SOC 13-1051
Cost Estimators Salary in the Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Cost Estimators in the Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $69,590 per year ($33.46 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $49,530 at the 10th percentile to $100,990 at the 90th. BLS estimates 70 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Cost Estimators in the Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area earn more than $69,590 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $61,620 and $85,730.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $49,530 | $61,620 | $69,590 | $85,730 | $100,990 |
| Hourly | $23.81 | $29.63 | $33.46 | $41.22 | $48.55 |
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
- Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area$69,590 median for Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $61,620 to $85,730
- Montanastate$77,320 median for Montana; middle half earns $62,130 to $91,990
- United Statesnational$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 Montana overall and −12% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Montana
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for cost estimators, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan areathis page$69,590 median for Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $61,620 to $85,730
- $85,820 median for Bozeman metro area; middle half earns $66,480 to $97,530
- $83,760 median for Helena metro area; middle half earns $64,050 to $93,490
- $77,640 median for Missoula metro area; middle half earns $61,640 to $92,930
- $75,600 median for Billings metro area; middle half earns $62,810 to $91,520
- $68,740 median for Great Falls metro area; middle half earns $58,830 to $87,880
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for cost estimatorss · Highest-paying occupations in Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area
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.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.