State comparison · 2025
Operations Research Analysts salary: Alabama vs Kansas
Operations Research Analysts in Alabama earn a median of $115,630. In Kansas, $92,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.5% — not 25.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.6%
Alabama vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+27.5%
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%
Kansas
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $92,050
- p25
- $75,130
- p75
- $117,810
- p10
- $58,570
- p90
- $137,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- 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.