State comparison · 2025
Economists salary: Delaware vs Pennsylvania
Economists in Delaware earn a median of $159,120. In Pennsylvania, $115,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.3% — not 38.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.4%
Delaware vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+35.3%
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
Pennsylvania
Economists
- Median
- $115,000
- p25
- $81,470
- p75
- $138,010
- p10
- $64,500
- p90
- $164,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.