State comparison · 2025
Economists salary: Delaware vs Virginia
Economists in Delaware earn a median of $159,120. In Virginia, $137,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.2% — not 15.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.6%
Delaware vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+17.2%
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
Virginia
Economists
- Median
- $137,590
- p25
- $93,920
- p75
- $179,730
- p10
- $74,600
- p90
- $232,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- 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.