State comparison · 2025
Operations Research Analysts salary: Alabama vs Colorado
Operations Research Analysts in Colorado earn a median of $129,880. In Alabama, $115,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.4% — not 11%.
Nominal pay gap
-11%
Alabama vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+3.4%
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%
Colorado
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $129,880
- p25
- $102,710
- p75
- $160,220
- p10
- $79,570
- p90
- $182,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -64%
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.