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

How much do Cost Estimators make in Toledo, OH?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Cost Estimators in Toledo, OH is $77,230. The 10th percentile is $47,420 and the 90th percentile is $123,880. Employment is 430.

Median annual wage

$77,230

10th percentile
$47,420
25th percentile
$59,960
Median
$77,230
75th percentile
$99,280
90th percentile
$123,880
Mean
$81,510

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Forklift operators in a Miami warehouse, 2011. Photograph by U.S. Department of Agriculture. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Cost Estimators, the published 10th percentile is $47,420 and the 90th percentile is $123,880. The difference is $76,460, which is 99.0% 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 $59,960 to the 75th at $99,280, covers $39,320.

The mean annual wage is $81,510, which sits above the median of $77,230. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Toledo, OH median is 1.9% lower than the national median of $78,740 for Cost Estimators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $84,446, which is 7.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.6% lower than the Ohio median of $77,730.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Toledo, OH is 91.455, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $77,230 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Cost Estimators at $84,446 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

37 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Cost Estimators. Toledo, OH ranks 13th of 38 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).).

  • Monroe, MI is 28 miles away, with a median of $72,970 and employment of 70. That median is 5.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $78,049, against $84,446 here.
  • Sandusky, OH is 46 miles away, with a median of $77,490 and employment of 60. That median is 0.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $86,793, against $84,446 here.
  • Ann Arbor, MI is 50 miles away, with a median of $80,550 and employment of 180. That median is 4.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $79,847, against $84,446 here.

Employment share

Cost Estimators accounts for 0.15% of wage-and-salary employment in Toledo, OH (430 of 291,530). Nationally the occupation is 0.14% of employment (224,220 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.02 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Toledo, OH · Cost Estimators by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Cost Estimators make in Toledo, OH?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Cost Estimators in Toledo, OH is $77,230. The 10th percentile is $47,420 and the 90th percentile is $123,880. Employment is 430.

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

The local median is 1.9% lower than the national median of $78,740.

What is Cost Estimators pay in Toledo, OH after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Toledo, OH is 91.455, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $77,230 is $84,446. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Toledo, OH compare with nearby metros for Cost Estimators?

Monroe, MI is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 28 miles away, at $72,970. Toledo, OH ranks 13th of 38 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.