State comparison · 2025
Economists salary: Georgia vs New Jersey
Economists in New Jersey earn a median of $167,550. In Georgia, $122,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.4% — not 26.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.8%
Georgia vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-17.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Economists
- Median
- $122,570
- p25
- $98,790
- p75
- $162,410
- p10
- $78,190
- p90
- $187,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
New Jersey
Economists
- Median
- $167,550
- p25
- $126,940
- p75
- $192,960
- p10
- $83,990
- p90
- $195,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.