State comparison · 2025
Operations Research Analysts salary: Colorado vs Delaware
Operations Research Analysts in Colorado earn a median of $129,880. In Delaware, $101,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.4% — not 28.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.5%
Colorado vs Delaware
COL-adjusted gap
+24.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Delaware
Operations Research Analysts
- Median
- $101,070
- p25
- $77,520
- p75
- $130,100
- p10
- $62,510
- p90
- $132,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.