State comparison · 2025
Operations Research Analysts salary: Alabama vs Wisconsin
Operations Research Analysts in Alabama earn a median of $115,630. In Wisconsin, $71,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 70.6% — not 61%.
Nominal pay gap
+61%
Alabama vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+70.6%
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%
Wisconsin
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $71,820
- p25
- $59,400
- p75
- $81,340
- p10
- $50,380
- p90
- $102,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -78%
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.