State comparison · 2025
Economists salary: Delaware vs Massachusetts
Economists in Delaware earn a median of $159,120. In Massachusetts, $106,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 58.6% — not 49.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+49.6%
Delaware vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+58.6%
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
Massachusetts
Economists
- Median
- $106,380
- p25
- $91,690
- p75
- $155,130
- p10
- $74,080
- p90
- $222,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -78%
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.