SALARY · COST ESTIMATORS · CALIFORNIA

Cost Estimators salary in California

Before you accept an offer, it helps to know what typical pay looks like where the job actually sits. For cost estimators in California, BLS put the median at $85,460 a year. The percentiles below show what the lower and upper parts of the field looked like.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$85,460

$41 per hour at the median · That is $6,720 (8.5 percent) above the national median of $78,740 for this occupation.

$94,780Mean annual salary
$46Mean hourly wage
$26,020People employed in this job in California

Salary range

25th: $65,690Median: $85,46075th: $118,060
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$65,690
Median (50th percentile)$85,460
75th percentile$118,060
Mean$94,780

The middle half of workers earned from $65,690 to $118,060 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$65,392 a year
$5,449 a month
Federal tax $9,971 · FICA $6,538 · State tax $3,559
Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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