State comparison · 2025
Operations Research Analysts salary: Arizona vs Colorado
Operations Research Analysts in Colorado earn a median of $129,880. In Arizona, $75,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.5% — not 41.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.9%
Arizona vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
-40.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $75,470
- p25
- $64,430
- p75
- $96,120
- p10
- $58,430
- p90
- $124,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -70%
Colorado
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $129,880
- p25
- $102,710
- p75
- $160,220
- p10
- $79,570
- p90
- $182,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -64%
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.