State comparison · 2025
Economists salary: Nebraska vs New Jersey
Economists in New Jersey earn a median of $167,550. In Nebraska, $75,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 45.3% — not 54.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-54.7%
Nebraska vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-45.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Economists
- Median
- $75,880
- p25
- $56,350
- p75
- $101,540
- p10
- $45,000
- p90
- $135,300
- 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.