State comparison · 2025
Operations Research Analysts salary: Alabama vs Massachusetts
Operations Research Analysts in Alabama earn a median of $115,630. In Massachusetts, $96,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.8% — not 19.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.8%
Alabama vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+42.8%
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%
Massachusetts
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $96,500
- p25
- $80,100
- p75
- $130,330
- p10
- $71,550
- p90
- $146,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
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.