State comparison · 2025
Operations Research Analysts salary: Alabama vs Missouri
Operations Research Analysts in Alabama earn a median of $115,630. In Missouri, $62,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 89.5% — not 85.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+85.4%
Alabama vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+89.5%
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%
Missouri
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $62,380
- p25
- $54,830
- p75
- $91,030
- p10
- $49,180
- p90
- $116,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
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.