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What construction estimators make
Median
$78,740
Bottom tenth
$48,530
Top tenth
$130,820
The national median is $78,740 a year, the bottom tenth earn $48,530 or less and the top tenth $130,820 or more (2025 federal wage survey). The survey title is Cost Estimators, which also covers people pricing manufactured products, though construction is where most of them work. Estimators at large commercial and heavy civil contractors sit at the top of this band.