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Cost Estimator is a Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers job with over 7,066 current openings filled by an H1B employee. Most Cost Estimators are hired by companies in the Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers industry. The average H1B Cost Estimators job lasts 1,051 days.


Jobs Hired
7,066
Hiring Companies
3,030
Hiring Industries
490
Average Salary
$61,142
Approved
88%


What do Cost Estimators do?

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.

Source: O-NET OnLine



Top Cost Estimators Companies

Company # of Positions Industry Salary
Gdb International Inc. 4 Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers $60,492
Ff Properties L.p. 4 Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development $51,017
Fechko Excavating, Llc 4 Site Preparation Contractors $64,792
Exposed Floor Design Group Llc 4 Other Building Finishing Contractors $55,739
European Landscapes And Design Inc 4 Landscape Architectural Services $47,866
Etna Prestige Technology, Inc. 4 Engineering Services $40,435
Elite Wall Systems, Inc. 4 Drywall and Insulation Contractors $67,293
Eastern Millwork, Inc. 4 Custom Architectural Woodwork and Millwork Manufacturing $68,542
E. Vaughan Rivers, Inc. 4 Engineering Services $53,467
Dynalectric Company 4 Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors $57,528

Top Cost Estimators Industries

Industry Jobs Salary
Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers 11 $42,860
Other Financial Investment Activities 10 $51,021
Lumber, Plywood, Millwork, and Wood Panel Merchant Wholesalers 10 $49,296
Household Appliances, Electric Housewares, and Consumer Electronics Merchant Wholesalers 10 $47,025
Food Service Contractors 10 $58,065
Printed Circuit Assembly (Electronic Assembly) Manufacturing 9 $59,608
Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers 9 $45,889
Motor Vehicle Supplies and New Parts Merchant Wholesalers 9 $34,041
Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers 9 $41,847
Land Subdivision 9 $88,474

Cost Estimators Jobs Over Time vs Average Salary Over Time

Cost Estimators has been a job in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where they hired 363 employees. This job peaked in 2018 with 739 employees, and have since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 558 in 2023.
Cost Estimators has been a job in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where the average salary was $51,260. This job peaked in 2022 with an average salary of $74,817, and has since been on a decline with the most recent average salary being $73,888 in 2023.


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All NAICS data was obtained from the NAICS website.    All SOC data was obtained from the O*Net database.