State comparison · 2025
Operations Research Analysts salary: Alabama vs Kentucky
Operations Research Analysts in Alabama earn a median of $115,630. In Kentucky, $83,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.1% — not 37.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.9%
Alabama vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+40.1%
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%
Kentucky
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $83,850
- p25
- $68,340
- p75
- $105,570
- p10
- $58,970
- p90
- $129,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +150%
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.