State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Alaska vs Virginia
Budget Analysts in Virginia earn a median of $105,470. In Alaska, $94,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.3% — not 10.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-10.2%
Alaska vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-11.3%
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
Virginia
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $105,470
- p25
- $84,590
- p75
- $133,490
- p10
- $70,610
- p90
- $156,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
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.