State comparison · 2025
Budget Analysts salary: Colorado vs District of Columbia
Budget Analysts in District of Columbia earn a median of $124,590. In Colorado, $97,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.9% — not 22.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.1%
Colorado vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-16.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Budget Analysts
- Median
- $97,100
- p25
- $81,270
- p75
- $115,000
- p10
- $70,660
- p90
- $130,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- 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.