SOC 13-1051 · Business and Financial Operations Occupations · May 2025

How much do Cost Estimators make in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Cost Estimators in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is $47,430. The 10th percentile is $29,200 and the 90th percentile is $79,770. Employment is 460.

Median annual wage

$47,430

10th percentile
$29,200
25th percentile
$34,760
Median
$47,430
75th percentile
$62,300
90th percentile
$79,770
Mean
$53,400

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Cost Estimators, the published 10th percentile is $29,200 and the 90th percentile is $79,770. The difference is $50,570, 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 $34,760 to the 75th at $62,300, covers $27,540.

The mean annual wage is $53,400, which sits above the median of $47,430. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR median is 39.8% lower than the national median of $78,740 for Cost Estimators.

It is 0.6% higher than the Puerto Rico median of $47,130.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Cost Estimators. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR ranks 2nd of 2 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).).

  • Aguadilla, PR is 70 miles away, with a median of $60,200 and employment of 30. That median is 26.9% higher than the median here.

Employment share

Cost Estimators accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR (460 of 690,810). Nationally the occupation is 0.14% of employment (224,220 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.46 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Cost Estimators make in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Cost Estimators in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is $47,430. The 10th percentile is $29,200 and the 90th percentile is $79,770. Employment is 460.

How does that compare with the national median for Cost Estimators?

The local median is 39.8% lower than the national median of $78,740.

How does San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR compare with nearby metros for Cost Estimators?

Aguadilla, PR is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 70 miles away, at $60,200. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.