State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Alabama vs District of Columbia
Budget Analysts in District of Columbia earn a median of $124,590. In Alabama, $99,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.2% — not 20.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.1%
Alabama vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-1.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $99,490
- p25
- $76,400
- p75
- $124,380
- p10
- $61,050
- p90
- $142,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
District of Columbia
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $124,590
- p25
- $101,400
- p75
- $144,680
- p10
- $82,060
- p90
- $156,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.