State comparison · 2025
Operations Research Analysts salary: Alabama vs Minnesota
Operations Research Analysts in Alabama earn a median of $115,630. In Minnesota, $95,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.4% — not 21%.
Nominal pay gap
+21%
Alabama vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+34.4%
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%
Minnesota
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $95,550
- p25
- $77,640
- p75
- $119,740
- p10
- $60,350
- p90
- $133,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -74%
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.