State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: California vs Texas
Budget Analysts in California earn a median of $99,520. In Texas, $82,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.2% — not 19.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.9%
California vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+5.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $99,520
- p25
- $80,860
- p75
- $129,140
- p10
- $69,170
- p90
- $149,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +88%
Texas
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $82,970
- p25
- $70,080
- p75
- $103,830
- p10
- $60,840
- p90
- $126,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +213%
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.