State comparison · 2025
Economists salary: Kentucky vs New Jersey
Economists in New Jersey earn a median of $167,550. In Kentucky, $71,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 48.6% — not 57.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-57.4%
Kentucky vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-48.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Economists
- Median
- $71,400
- p25
- $64,070
- p75
- $100,880
- p10
- $59,810
- p90
- $124,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.