State comparison · 2025
Operations Research Analysts salary: Alabama vs New York
Operations Research Analysts in Alabama earn a median of $115,630. In New York, $108,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.4% — not 6.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.5%
Alabama vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+29.4%
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%
New York
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $108,610
- p25
- $78,060
- p75
- $149,160
- p10
- $62,780
- p90
- $175,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -55%
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.