State comparison · 2025
Economists salary: Connecticut vs New Jersey
Economists in New Jersey earn a median of $167,550. In Connecticut, $101,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.4% — not 39.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.5%
Connecticut vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-36.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Economists
- Median
- $101,400
- p25
- $88,440
- p75
- $129,340
- p10
- $74,740
- p90
- $166,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.