State comparison · 2025
Market Research Analysts salary: Delaware vs North Carolina
Market Research Analysts in Delaware earn a median of $101,270. In North Carolina, $78,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22% — not 29.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.2%
Delaware vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+22%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Market Research Analysts
- Median
- $101,270
- p25
- $78,040
- p75
- $135,880
- p10
- $51,480
- p90
- $165,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
North Carolina
Market Research Analysts
- Median
- $78,410
- p25
- $58,430
- p75
- $109,810
- p10
- $43,780
- p90
- $155,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -65%
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.