State comparison · 2025
Economists salary: Delaware vs Ohio
Economists in Delaware earn a median of $159,120. In Ohio, $120,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.3% — not 32.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.6%
Delaware vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+23.3%
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
Ohio
Economists
- Median
- $120,000
- p25
- $89,300
- p75
- $164,700
- p10
- $69,770
- p90
- $216,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.