State comparison · 2025
Economists salary: Delaware vs North Carolina
Economists in Delaware earn a median of $159,120. In North Carolina, $136,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.4% — not 16.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.9%
Delaware vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+10.4%
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
North Carolina
Economists
- Median
- $136,150
- p25
- $79,790
- p75
- $172,860
- p10
- $35,460
- p90
- $224,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.