State comparison · 2025
Economists salary: Massachusetts vs New Jersey
Economists in New Jersey earn a median of $167,550. In Massachusetts, $106,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.7% — not 36.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.5%
Massachusetts vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-34.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Economists
- Median
- $106,380
- p25
- $91,690
- p75
- $155,130
- p10
- $74,080
- p90
- $222,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -78%
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.