State comparison · 2025
Economists salary: Delaware vs Kansas
Economists in Delaware earn a median of $159,120. In Kansas, $138,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.5% — not 14.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+14.6%
Delaware vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+3.5%
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
Kansas
Economists
- Median
- $138,790
- p25
- $117,810
- p75
- $205,780
- p10
- $67,610
- p90
- $238,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.