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Cost Estimators

SOC 13-1051 · 2024-2034

Prepare cost estimates for product manufacturing, construction projects, or services to aid management in bidding on or determining price of product or service. May specialize according to particular service performed or type of product manufactured.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

Shrinking -3.1%
California projects this job will shrink over the next ten years. Fewer openings may mean a harder search.

The job this trains for

Typical pay in California
$86,894per year
Projected openings
20,470
Projected change
-3.1%
Usually needs
Bachelor's degree

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

  1. Mathematics
  2. Reading Comprehension
  3. Speaking
  4. Critical Thinking
  5. Active Listening
  6. Judgment and Decision Making

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$107,986890
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$104,1441,740
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)$99,8071,430
San Rafael MD (Marin County)$96,381140
Chico MSA (Butte County)$95,947120
Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County)$92,392450
Vallejo MSA (Solano County)$89,723200
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)$86,3111,680
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)$86,1692,300
Napa MSA (Napa County)$85,690120
North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties)$85,048110
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$84,5882,290
Redding MSA (Shasta County)$82,726110
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$81,5073,760
Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County)$81,443150
Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County)$81,280390
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County)$80,567190
Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County)$80,210460
Salinas MSA (Monterey County)$80,098190
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties)$80,00660
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)$79,0492,210
Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties)$78,866770
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)$77,042510
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County)$77,022260
Visalia MSA (Tulare County)$75,963190
Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties)$75,55580
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties)$75,005120
Merced MSA (Merced County)$74,15090
Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County)$74,150250
El Centro MSA (Imperial County)$67,29540
Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County)$64,59630

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

The job this trains forTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians$85,8276,450+4.1%
Construction Managers$135,39447,800+10.9%
Industrial Engineers$128,08824,010+11.9%
Logisticians$94,44838,460+19.5%
Architectural and Engineering Managers$213,80820,870+5%
Civil Engineers$125,92938,210+8.2%

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