State comparison · 2025
Economists salary: Delaware vs Minnesota
Economists in Delaware earn a median of $159,120. In Minnesota, $105,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 49.5% — not 51.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+51.4%
Delaware vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+49.5%
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
Minnesota
Economists
- Median
- $105,120
- p25
- $63,980
- p75
- $142,460
- p10
- $58,380
- p90
- $197,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- 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.