State comparison · 2025
Economists salary: Delaware vs Nebraska
Economists in Delaware earn a median of $159,120. In Nebraska, $75,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 89.3% — not 109.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+109.7%
Delaware vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+89.3%
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
Nebraska
Economists
- Median
- $75,880
- p25
- $56,350
- p75
- $101,540
- p10
- $45,000
- p90
- $135,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.