Cost Estimators · SOC 13-1051
Cost Estimators Salary in the Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Cost Estimators in the Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $72,370 per year ($34.79 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $48,060 at the 10th percentile to $104,880 at the 90th. BLS estimates 230 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Cost Estimators in the Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area earn more than $72,370 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $57,330 and $83,800.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $48,060 | $57,330 | $72,370 | $83,800 | $104,880 |
| Hourly | $23.11 | $27.56 | $34.79 | $40.29 | $50.42 |
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
- Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$72,370 median for Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $57,330 to $83,800
- Wisconsinstate$76,270 median for Wisconsin; middle half earns $60,540 to $93,960
- 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 −5% vs Wisconsin overall and −8% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Wisconsin
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for cost estimators, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan areathis page$72,370 median for Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $57,330 to $83,800
- $79,030 median for Racine metro area; middle half earns $63,620 to $100,900
- $78,090 median for Milwaukee metro area; middle half earns $63,420 to $97,310
- $77,710 median for Janesville metro area; middle half earns $59,900 to $98,650
- $77,710 median for La Crosse metro area; middle half earns $66,350 to $93,910
- $77,330 median for Eau Claire metro area; middle half earns $62,440 to $92,980
- $76,230 median for Appleton metro area; middle half earns $61,500 to $96,480
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 Western Wisconsin 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.