State comparison · 2025
Operations Research Analysts salary: Alabama vs Arizona
Operations Research Analysts in Alabama earn a median of $115,630. In Arizona, $75,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 73.7% — not 53.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+53.2%
Alabama vs Arizona
COL-adjusted gap
+73.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $115,630
- p25
- $82,210
- p75
- $146,970
- p10
- $64,830
- p90
- $173,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +125%
Arizona
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $75,470
- p25
- $64,430
- p75
- $96,120
- p10
- $58,430
- p90
- $124,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -70%
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.