State comparison · 2025
Economists salary: Alabama vs New Jersey
Economists in New Jersey earn a median of $167,550. In Alabama, $129,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5% — not 22.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.4%
Alabama vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Economists
- Median
- $129,960
- p25
- $91,210
- p75
- $153,570
- p10
- $74,520
- p90
- $175,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
New Jersey
Economists
- Median
- $167,550
- p25
- $126,940
- p75
- $192,960
- p10
- $83,990
- p90
- $195,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.