State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Alaska vs District of Columbia
Budget Analysts in District of Columbia earn a median of $124,590. In Alaska, $94,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.4% — not 24%.
Nominal pay gap
-24%
Alaska vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-18.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $94,740
- p25
- $83,600
- p75
- $114,490
- p10
- $74,340
- p90
- $130,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
District of Columbia
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $124,590
- p25
- $101,400
- p75
- $144,680
- p10
- $82,060
- p90
- $156,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.