State comparison · 2025
Economists salary: New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
Economists in New Jersey earn a median of $167,550. In Pennsylvania, $115,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.7% — not 45.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+45.7%
New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+30.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Pennsylvania
Economists
- Median
- $115,000
- p25
- $81,470
- p75
- $138,010
- p10
- $64,500
- p90
- $164,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.