State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Arkansas vs District of Columbia
Budget Analysts in District of Columbia earn a median of $124,590. In Arkansas, $71,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.1% — not 42.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.4%
Arkansas vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-27.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $71,800
- p25
- $53,300
- p75
- $88,610
- p10
- $46,750
- p90
- $106,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.