State comparison · 2025
Operations Research Analysts salary: Alabama vs Nevada
Operations Research Analysts in Alabama earn a median of $115,630. In Nevada, $86,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50.5% — not 33.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.7%
Alabama vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+50.5%
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%
Nevada
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $86,500
- p25
- $73,030
- p75
- $112,080
- p10
- $65,210
- p90
- $139,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.