State comparison · 2025
Operations Research Analysts salary: Alabama vs Delaware
Operations Research Analysts in Alabama earn a median of $115,630. In Delaware, $101,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.6% — not 14.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+14.4%
Alabama vs Delaware
COL-adjusted gap
+28.6%
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%
Delaware
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $101,070
- p25
- $77,520
- p75
- $130,100
- p10
- $62,510
- p90
- $132,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.