How much do Cost Estimators make in Bismarck, ND?

Percentile spread

For Cost Estimators, the published 10th percentile is $48,480 and the 90th percentile is $93,530. The difference is $45,050, which is 63.4% 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 $60,240 to the 75th at $77,480, covers $17,240.

The mean annual wage is $71,450, which sits above the median of $71,020. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Bismarck, ND median is 9.8% lower than the national median of $78,740 for Cost Estimators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $78,023, which is 0.9% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.1% lower than the North Dakota median of $73,280.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Bismarck, ND is 91.024, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $71,020 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Cost Estimators at $78,023 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Cost Estimators. Bismarck, ND ranks 3rd of 3 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).).

• Minot, ND is 100 miles away, with a median of $74,990 and employment of 40. That median is 5.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $86,168, against $78,023 here.
• Fargo, ND-MN is 190 miles away, with a median of $73,760 and employment of 320. That median is 3.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $81,170, against $78,023 here.

Employment share

Cost Estimators accounts for 0.18% of wage-and-salary employment in Bismarck, ND (130 of 71,270). Nationally the occupation is 0.14% of employment (224,220 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.26 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.