State comparison · 2025
Economists salary: Louisiana vs New Jersey
Economists in New Jersey earn a median of $167,550. In Louisiana, $73,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 46.2% — not 56.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-56.4%
Louisiana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-46.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Economists
- Median
- $73,050
- p25
- $66,420
- p75
- $93,550
- p10
- $60,680
- p90
- $136,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.