State comparison · 2025
Economists salary: Iowa vs New Jersey
Economists in New Jersey earn a median of $167,550. In Iowa, $96,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.8% — not 42.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.5%
Iowa vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-28.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Economists
- Median
- $96,310
- p25
- $64,210
- p75
- $133,970
- p10
- $59,980
- p90
- $144,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.