State comparison · 2025
Economists salary: Delaware vs Maryland
Economists in Delaware earn a median of $159,120. In Maryland, $144,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.7% — not 10%.
Nominal pay gap
+10%
Delaware vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+15.7%
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
Maryland
Economists
- Median
- $144,680
- p25
- $118,460
- p75
- $178,780
- p10
- $93,710
- p90
- $195,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.