State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Arizona vs Virginia
Budget Analysts in Virginia earn a median of $105,470. In Arizona, $84,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.3% — not 19.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.6%
Arizona vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-19.3%
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%
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.