State comparison · 2025
Economists salary: Delaware vs Georgia
Economists in Delaware earn a median of $159,120. In Georgia, $122,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.3% — not 29.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.8%
Delaware vs Georgia
COL-adjusted gap
+25.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Economists
- Median
- $159,120
- p25
- $102,270
- p75
- $167,430
- p10
- $74,690
- p90
- $214,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
Georgia
Economists
- Median
- $122,570
- p25
- $98,790
- p75
- $162,410
- p10
- $78,190
- p90
- $187,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
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.