State comparison · 2025
Economists salary: Arizona vs District of Columbia
Economists in District of Columbia earn a median of $167,590. In Arizona, $79,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 48.2% — not 52.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-52.5%
Arizona vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-48.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Economists
- Median
- $79,610
- p25
- $79,450
- p75
- $124,920
- p10
- $75,000
- p90
- $138,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
District of Columbia
Economists
- Median
- $167,590
- p25
- $115,910
- p75
- $224,080
- p10
- $98,350
- p90
- $299,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -58%
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.