State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Arizona vs District of Columbia
Budget Analysts in District of Columbia earn a median of $124,590. In Arizona, $84,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.7% — not 31.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.9%
Arizona vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-25.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $84,810
- p25
- $71,500
- p75
- $102,340
- p10
- $60,500
- p90
- $123,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.