State comparison · 2025
Operations Research Analysts salary: Alabama vs Maryland
Operations Research Analysts in Alabama earn a median of $115,630. In Maryland, $97,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.4% — not 18.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.7%
Alabama vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+40.4%
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%
Maryland
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $97,410
- p25
- $71,290
- p75
- $135,300
- p10
- $55,880
- p90
- $180,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -72%
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.