State comparison · 2025
Economists salary: Delaware vs Maine
Economists in Delaware earn a median of $159,120. In Maine, $91,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 69.2% — not 73.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+73.9%
Delaware vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+69.2%
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
Maine
Economists
- Median
- $91,480
- p25
- $74,190
- p75
- $115,920
- p10
- $69,140
- p90
- $132,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.