State comparison · 2025
Economists salary: Delaware vs Tennessee
Economists in Delaware earn a median of $159,120. In Tennessee, $117,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.5% — not 35.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.2%
Delaware vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+24.5%
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
Tennessee
Economists
- Median
- $117,650
- p25
- $96,170
- p75
- $145,220
- p10
- $83,610
- p90
- $162,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -76%
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.