How much do Cost Estimators make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

Percentile spread

For Cost Estimators, the published 10th percentile is $51,220 and the 90th percentile is $140,390. The difference is $89,170, which is 108.4% 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 $63,680 to the 75th at $108,100, covers $44,420.

The mean annual wage is $90,760, which sits above the median of $82,260. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median is 4.5% higher than the national median of $78,740 for Cost Estimators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $72,434, which is 8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.7% lower than the California median of $85,460.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $82,260 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Cost Estimators at $72,434 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Cost Estimators. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 4th of 9 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).).

• Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA is 57 miles away, with a median of $77,070 and employment of 390. That median is 6.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $69,725, against $72,434 here.
• Bakersfield-Delano, CA is 91 miles away, with a median of $82,390 and employment of 410. That median is 0.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $81,666, against $72,434 here.
• Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA is 110 miles away, with a median of $77,730 and employment of 240. That median is 5.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,444, against $72,434 here.

Employment share

Cost Estimators accounts for 0.12% of wage-and-salary employment in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (7,600 of 6,271,560). Nationally the occupation is 0.14% of employment (224,220 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.84 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.