How much do Cost Estimators make in Ocala, FL?

Percentile spread

For Cost Estimators, the published 10th percentile is $42,340 and the 90th percentile is $108,210. The difference is $65,870, which is 103.5% 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 $48,970 to the 75th at $80,290, covers $31,320.

The mean annual wage is $71,670, which sits above the median of $63,660. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Ocala, FL median is 19.2% lower than the national median of $78,740 for Cost Estimators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $66,846, which is 15.1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 15.1% lower than the Florida median of $74,990.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Ocala, FL is 95.234, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $63,660 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Cost Estimators at $66,846 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

17 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Cost Estimators. Ocala, FL ranks 16th of 18 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).).

• Wildwood-The Villages, FL is 34 miles away, with a median of $76,390 and employment of 60. That median is 20% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $89,425, against $66,846 here.
• Homosassa Springs, FL is 41 miles away, with a median of $60,610 and employment of 50. That median is 4.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,846, against $66,846 here.
• Gainesville, FL is 41 miles away, with a median of $67,690 and employment of 150. That median is 6.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $69,976, against $66,846 here.

Employment share

Cost Estimators accounts for 0.17% of wage-and-salary employment in Ocala, FL (210 of 120,980). Nationally the occupation is 0.14% of employment (224,220 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.20 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.