February 10, 2011
Jobs in Demand: Cost estimator
Outlook: Employment of cost estimators is expected to increase 25 percent over the 2008-18 decade, much faster than the average for all occupations.
Pay: The 3,430 cost estimators in the Seattle-Bellevue-Tacoma area earned a median wage of $63,360 in 2009.
The job: These professionals typically work in construction or manufacturing to collect and analyze data on all factors that can affect costs of a project, such as materials, labor, location, duration of a project and special machinery requirements. The cost estimator then prepares a cost summary of the project and bid proposals. Most work in offices, but visits to construction sites and factory floors are often needed.
Training: Employers prefer candidates to have a bachelor’s degree in a field such as construction management or building science, but experienced construction workers can become cost estimators.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Experienced Cost Estimator on February 19, 2011 9:58 PM | Reply
This is hilarious! The expected growth for cost estimators is actually 1% for the next 8 years. What's going to need to be estimated, all the houses that will be built? All the new commercial buildings that will be built? Who wrote this BS? This occupation is in decline as much as anything.
What a joke.