State comparison · 2025
Economists salary: Delaware vs Missouri
Economists in Delaware earn a median of $159,120. In Missouri, $117,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.7% — not 36%.
Nominal pay gap
+36%
Delaware vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+23.7%
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
Missouri
Economists
- Median
- $117,010
- p25
- $90,060
- p75
- $172,880
- p10
- $73,260
- p90
- $229,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +150%
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.