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Cost estimating software

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Cost estimating software is a software tool tracked in the Project management software category of O*NET's Technology Skills file. It appears in the technology profile of 16 occupations that together employ about 3,160,020 workers, with a median wage of $62,970.

Across the occupations that use it, the work is 61st percentile for AI task-exposure (Moderate) — how much of what those jobs do overlaps with what today's AI can attempt. That measures the exposure of the work, not the value of the tool or any sign it is being replaced. See where every tool category sits →

Occupations that use this tool

Occupations whose O*NET technology profile lists Cost estimating software, ranked by employment. Wage and employment are BLS OEWS (national, cross-industry, May 2024) and describe the occupation, not an individual or the tool's own market.

Occupation Workers Median pay
Solar Energy Installation Managers 806,080 $78,690
Computer Systems Analysts 497,800 $103,790
Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians 455,940 $62,970
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 385,000 $57,770
Civil Engineers 355,410 $99,590
Mechanical Engineers 286,760 $102,320
Cost Estimators 219,530 $77,070
Structural Iron and Steel Workers 64,720 $62,700
Solar Photovoltaic Installers 28,280 $51,860
Helpers--Carpenters 24,610 $41,600
Plasterers and Stucco Masons 20,880 $56,020
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage 7,790 $76,650
Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons 7,220 $38,140
Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate — —
Appraisers of Personal and Business Property — —
Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products — —
Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 13 occupations in occupations that use Cost estimating software. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons Helpers--Carpenters Structural Iron and Steel Workers Plasterers and Stucco Masons Solar Photovoltaic Installers Solar Energy Installation Managers Civil Engineers Mechanical Engineers Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that use Cost estimating software, by AI task-overlap and median pay

Related tools

Other software in the Project management software category.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Cost estimating software." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/software/cost-estimating-software

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Singulariki. (2026). Cost estimating software. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/software/cost-estimating-software

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  title  = {Cost estimating software},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/software/cost-estimating-software}
}

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