How much do Cost Estimators make in Auburn-Opelika, AL?

Percentile spread

For Cost Estimators, the published 10th percentile is $39,220 and the 90th percentile is $113,350. The difference is $74,130, which is 102.9% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $47,800 to the 75th at $88,090, covers $40,290.

The mean annual wage is $72,760, which sits above the median of $72,030. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Auburn-Opelika, AL median is 8.5% lower than the national median of $78,740 for Cost Estimators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $81,915, which is 4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.9% lower than the Alabama median of $74,990.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Auburn-Opelika, AL is 87.933, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $72,030 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Cost Estimators at $81,915 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

24 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Cost Estimators. Auburn-Opelika, AL ranks 12th of 25 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Columbus, GA-AL is 40 miles away, with a median of $62,100 and employment of 120. That median is 13.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $69,544, against $81,915 here.
• Montgomery, AL is 52 miles away, with a median of $74,790 and employment of 190. That median is 3.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $83,395, against $81,915 here.
• Dothan, AL is 86 miles away, with a median of $61,400 and employment of 80. That median is 14.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $73,241, against $81,915 here.

Employment share

Cost Estimators accounts for 0.14% of wage-and-salary employment in Auburn-Opelika, AL (100 of 72,710). Nationally the occupation is 0.14% of employment (224,220 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.95 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.