State comparison · 2025
Economists salary: Delaware vs Indiana
Economists in Delaware earn a median of $159,120. In Indiana, $80,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 84.2% — not 97.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+97.1%
Delaware vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+84.2%
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
Indiana
Economists
- Median
- $80,750
- p25
- $47,350
- p75
- $144,640
- p10
- $47,350
- p90
- $163,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -82%
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.