State comparison · 2025
Economists salary: Kansas vs New Jersey
Economists in New Jersey earn a median of $167,550. In Kansas, $138,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0% — not 17.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.2%
Kansas vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
0%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Economists
- Median
- $138,790
- p25
- $117,810
- p75
- $205,780
- p10
- $67,610
- p90
- $238,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.