How much do Cost Estimators make in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI?

Percentile spread

For Cost Estimators, the published 10th percentile is $43,350 and the 90th percentile is $126,270. The difference is $82,920, which is 106.6% 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 $54,710 to the 75th at $100,060, covers $45,350.

The mean annual wage is $82,270, which sits above the median of $77,780. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Kalamazoo-Portage, MI median is 1.2% lower than the national median of $78,740 for Cost Estimators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $82,012, which is 4.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.3% lower than the Michigan median of $77,990.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Kalamazoo-Portage, MI is 94.840, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $77,780 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Cost Estimators at $82,012 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

39 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Cost Estimators. Kalamazoo-Portage, MI ranks 9th of 40 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).).

• Battle Creek, MI is 27 miles away, with a median of $74,720 and employment of 50. That median is 3.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $82,526, against $82,012 here.
• South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI is 44 miles away, with a median of $71,550 and employment of 170. That median is 8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $77,053, against $82,012 here.
• Elkhart-Goshen, IN is 48 miles away, with a median of $70,690 and employment of 190. That median is 9.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $78,262, against $82,012 here.

Employment share

Cost Estimators accounts for 0.18% of wage-and-salary employment in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI (220 of 121,790). Nationally the occupation is 0.14% of employment (224,220 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.25 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.