State comparison · 2025
Economists salary: Colorado vs New Jersey
Economists in New Jersey earn a median of $167,550. In Colorado, $121,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.5% — not 27.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.5%
Colorado vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-23.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Economists
- Median
- $121,410
- p25
- $82,430
- p75
- $157,350
- p10
- $73,450
- p90
- $193,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.