State comparison · 2025
Operations Research Analysts salary: Alabama vs Utah
Operations Research Analysts in Alabama earn a median of $115,630. In Utah, $90,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.8% — not 28.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.2%
Alabama vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+42.8%
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%
Utah
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $90,200
- p25
- $72,880
- p75
- $107,290
- p10
- $57,990
- p90
- $130,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -17%
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.