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Table of Contents

1.	Significant Points

2.	Nature of the Work

3.	Working Conditions

4.	Employment

5.	Training & Qualifications

6.	Job Outlook

7.	Earnings

8.	Additional Sources of Information

Cost Estimators

Earnings

The median annual wage for cost estimators was $60,390 in May 2015. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $34,720, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $100,570.

In May 2015, the median annual wages for cost estimators in the top industries in which they worked were as follows:

Building equipment contractors	$64,030
Construction of buildings	61,890
Building finishing contractors	58,360
Manufacturing	57,470

Cost estimators usually work full time, and some may work overtime in order to meet deadlines.

Cost Estimators

Median annual wages, May 2015

Business operations specialists: $64,510
Cost estimators: $60,390
Total, all occupations: $36,200

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Interesting Fact

The word "salary" comes from salarium, or "salt money" and was used in ancient Rome to describe the wages paid to Roman legionnaires who were compensated in salt.

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