State comparison · 2025
Economists salary: New Hampshire vs New Jersey
Economists in New Jersey earn a median of $167,550. In New Hampshire, $86,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 46.3% — not 48.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-48.6%
New Hampshire vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-46.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Hampshire
Economists
- Median
- $86,130
- p25
- $81,950
- p75
- $108,190
- p10
- $60,080
- p90
- $157,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
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.