State comparison · 2025
Operations Research Analysts salary: Alabama vs Rhode Island
Operations Research Analysts in Alabama earn a median of $115,630. In Rhode Island, $77,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 71% — not 48.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+48.4%
Alabama vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+71%
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%
Rhode Island
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $77,910
- p25
- $64,370
- p75
- $100,640
- p10
- $61,110
- p90
- $183,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.