State comparison · 2025
Economists salary: Maine vs New Jersey
Economists in New Jersey earn a median of $167,550. In Maine, $91,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.8% — not 45.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-45.4%
Maine vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-38.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Economists
- Median
- $91,480
- p25
- $74,190
- p75
- $115,920
- p10
- $69,140
- p90
- $132,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.